What do you call this gutter-like thing? It connects one gutter to another at a three-way street intersection.
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Swale?
Pan?
Trickle channel?
Dip!
Cross Gutter
Valley gutter
I'm my neck of the prairie that's called a valley pan
Mistake
Seriously, that's an intentionally built swale in the pavement to direct surface water to the catch basin?
Weird
Valley gutter is what I've always heard/used. ????ÿ
V-gutter.
That would be a cross pan and they are in many places here. Willfully designed and not the result of an odd drainage necessity.
Cheaper than pipe.
Swale? No. Where's the grass?
Pan? No. The bottom isn't flat.
Trickle channel? No. It certainly won't trickle after a heavy rain!
Dip! No. We're talking about drainage here. The fact that it affects drivers is inconsequential.
Thanks for trying!
But, are all cross gutters valley gutters?
@jph?ÿ
I think it was put in to alleviate any excess water build-up on the high side of the intersection. There's no catch basin on the low side. I've seen valley gutters crossing roads like this in another neighborhood. We're running levels through this neighborhood, but if I was doing a topo I'd like to know how to describe such a thing.
