How do i select one of the overlapping ways? should they exist?

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way 1125075878 and 730008269 overlaps at 5 consecutive nodes
is this data legit?

  <way id="1125075878" version="1" timestamp="2022-12-27T00:10:33Z" changeset="130535246" uid="5568963" user="chriswhy">
    <nd ref="537528662"/>
    <nd ref="9861264046"/>
    <nd ref="2295341617"/>
    <nd ref="2565183377"/>
    <nd ref="261237933"/>
    <tag k="highway" v="residential"/>
    <tag k="name" v="West 16th Street"/>
    <tag k="sidewalk:left" v="separate"/>
    <tag k="sidewalk:right" v="no"/>
    <tag k="tiger:cfcc" v="A41"/>
    <tag k="tiger:county" v="Cook, IL"/>
    <tag k="tiger:name_base" v="16th"/>
    <tag k="tiger:name_direction_prefix" v="W"/>
    <tag k="tiger:name_type" v="St"/>
    <tag k="tiger:reviewed" v="no"/>
    <tag k="tiger:zip_left" v="60616"/>
  </way>

<way id="730008269" version="17" timestamp="2024-07-25T19:16:37Z" changeset="154408873" uid="13257641" user="ion_chi">
    <nd ref="261228576"/>
    <nd ref="1884590407"/>
    <nd ref="10195431005"/>
    <nd ref="11139716215"/>
    <nd ref="261197736"/>
    <nd ref="10195431003"/>
    <nd ref="11139716216"/>
    <nd ref="1884590406"/>
    <nd ref="261237909"/>
    <nd ref="10195514052"/>
    <nd ref="261151981"/>
    <nd ref="10195514042"/>
    <nd ref="5492668712"/>
    <nd ref="12073998010"/>
    <nd ref="261237908"/>
    <nd ref="9910509818"/>
    <nd ref="5893011182"/>
    <nd ref="5893011181"/>
    <nd ref="9910509777"/>
    <nd ref="9742289414"/>
    <nd ref="9910509782"/>
    <nd ref="261136240"/>
    <nd ref="9910509780"/>
    <nd ref="2276126794"/>
    <nd ref="9910509790"/>
    <nd ref="261148964"/>
    <nd ref="9910509795"/>
    <nd ref="2276126821"/>
    <nd ref="261211004"/>
    <nd ref="11916779793"/>
    <nd ref="11200798181"/>
    <nd ref="261151299"/>
    <nd ref="345513887"/>
    <nd ref="9742289375"/>
    <nd ref="9861264299"/>
    <nd ref="261129186"/>
    <nd ref="11139716218"/>
    <nd ref="345512715"/>
    <nd ref="9861264297"/>
    <nd ref="706904447"/>
    <nd ref="9861264296"/>
    <nd ref="8408033048"/>
    <nd ref="8408033035"/>
    <nd ref="5492715936"/>
    <nd ref="345514845"/>
    <nd ref="11139716220"/>
    <nd ref="261162211"/>
    <nd ref="9861264294"/>
    <nd ref="345515014"/>
    <nd ref="3428593903"/>
    <nd ref="261127652"/>
    <nd ref="9611597250"/>
    <nd ref="261237906"/>
    <nd ref="706904454"/>
    <nd ref="11139716221"/>
    <nd ref="4070566835"/>
    <nd ref="261161818"/>
    <nd ref="261237902"/>
    <nd ref="11139716223"/>
    <nd ref="706904455"/>
    <nd ref="9861263807"/>
    <nd ref="261200011"/>
    <nd ref="9861263806"/>
    <nd ref="2404088713"/>
    <nd ref="9611597224"/>
    <nd ref="2404088708"/>
    <nd ref="11139716227"/>
    <nd ref="261214570"/>
    <nd ref="11139716226"/>
    <nd ref="9901908676"/>
    <nd ref="261122169"/>
    <nd ref="9501253708"/>
    <nd ref="6776876591"/>
    <nd ref="261233770"/>
    <nd ref="261237935"/>
    <nd ref="261237933"/>
    <nd ref="2565183377"/>
    <nd ref="2295341617"/>
    <nd ref="9861264046"/>
    <nd ref="537528662"/>
    <tag k="source" v="TIGER/Line® 2008 Place Shapefiles (http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/)"/>
  </way>

how do i select it in edit mode?

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That does seem like legit data.

Administrative boundaries are supposed to be seperate lines than roads, waterways and other features.
Overlapping lines happens some times when a boundary aligns with another feature.

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