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Recently, our asphalt street was repaved. I noticed that after the pavement was done, they went over an intersection near our home with some type of grinding machine and applied a series of squares in a checkerboard pattern covering most of the intersection. This appears similar to the "rumble strips" they make on the edges of highways to warn you if you drift out of your lane. The carved depressions are probably 4" x 6" and maybe 1/2" deep in rows with spacing about 24" O.C. each way.
The streets are both 2 lanes, with turn lanes each direction and it is a stoplight controlled intersection.
Has anyone seen this done before in an intersection or have any idea why you would do it?
I can't see any good rationale. There are clear sightlines both directions from the intersection for at least a half mile. Once you are in the intersection, it's a little late to warn you there is an intersection there. Also, it seems that all these depressions are a good place for water to collect and freeze in the winter time and/or to collect sand/debris, all of which would make the intersection more slick.
I am baffled.
The streets are both 2 lanes, with turn lanes each direction and it is a stoplight controlled intersection.
Has anyone seen this done before in an intersection or have any idea why you would do it?
I can't see any good rationale. There are clear sightlines both directions from the intersection for at least a half mile. Once you are in the intersection, it's a little late to warn you there is an intersection there. Also, it seems that all these depressions are a good place for water to collect and freeze in the winter time and/or to collect sand/debris, all of which would make the intersection more slick.
I am baffled.
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