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On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:35:54 -0400, John Forrest Tomlinson
wrote:

On 15 Aug 2007 09:20:11 -0700, (Bill Z.)
wrote:

One lane was installed about 10 years ago by mistake (someone messed
up the design) - it put the lane stripe too close to the gutter pan,
and as the pavement deteriorates over time, you end up with a crack
parallel to the direction of travel, so you need enough clearance from
that so that a cyclist can ride in the lane while not getting too
close to the gutter pan.

What is a gutter pan?

Dear John,

http://motorman.org/wp-content/gutterpan_02.jpg

Cheers,

Carl Fogel