text: Unfortunately neither https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Junctions https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:surface nor https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Editing_Standards_and_Conventions#Junctions seems to mention how to treat situations like these.
  
  Splitting streets on every intersection merely to tag the surface of those few meters to be the same as the surface of the crossing street doesn't seem reasonable.