diff --git a/css/map.css b/css/map.css
index c07a9dcd7..e4350eb66 100644
--- a/css/map.css
+++ b/css/map.css
@@ -738,6 +738,33 @@ path.casing.tag-highway-construction {
     stroke-dasharray: 7, 7;
 }
 
+/* embankments / cuttings */
+
+path.casing.tag-embankment,
+path.casing.tag-cutting {
+    stroke-opacity: 0.5;
+    stroke: #000;
+    stroke-width: 22;
+    stroke-dasharray: 2, 4;
+    stroke-linecap: butt;
+}
+
+path.shadow.tag-embankment,
+path.shadow.tag-cutting {
+    stroke-width: 28;
+}
+
+.low-zoom path.casing.tag-embankment,
+.low-zoom path.casing.tag-cutting {
+    stroke-width: 10;
+}
+
+.low-zoom path.shadow.tag-embankment,
+.low-zoom path.shadow.tag-cutting {
+    stroke-width: 14;
+}
+
+
 /* construction */
 
 .low-zoom path.stroke.tag-highway-construction,
diff --git a/js/id/svg/tag_classes.js b/js/id/svg/tag_classes.js
index dfd14a91b..c3c9b4e27 100644
--- a/js/id/svg/tag_classes.js
+++ b/js/id/svg/tag_classes.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ iD.svg.TagClasses = function() {
             'leisure', 'place'
         ],
         secondary = [
-            'oneway', 'bridge', 'tunnel', 'construction'
+            'oneway', 'bridge', 'tunnel', 'construction', 'embankment', 'cutting'
         ],
         tagClassRe = /^tag-/,
         tags = function(entity) { return entity.tags; };