diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapcreator/WayLinker.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapcreator/WayLinker.java
index 3b5bddd..1cedc61 100644
--- a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapcreator/WayLinker.java
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapcreator/WayLinker.java
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ public class WayLinker extends MapCreatorBase
           expctxWay.addLookupValue( "estimated_traffic_class", traffic == 0 ? 0 : traffic + 1 );
           description = abUnifier.unify( expctxWay.encode() );
           lastTraffic = traffic;
+          n1.incWayCount(); // force network node due to description change
         }
         link.descriptionBitmap = description;