diff --git a/OSMDatastructure/Tag.cs b/OSMDatastructure/Tag.cs
index 19741c7..049d2fa 100644
--- a/OSMDatastructure/Tag.cs
+++ b/OSMDatastructure/Tag.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public class Tag
             switch (key)
             {
                 case TagType.highway:
-                    this.value = (WayType)value.GetByte();
+                    this.value = value.GetByte();
                     break;
                 case TagType.maxspeed:
                     this.value = value.GetByte();