Why is This Curb Running Across the Sidewalk?

At Stanford University, I was walking across the campus having a look around and I came upon this cement curb, which ran perpendicular across the sidewalk.

Curb running through a sidewalk

Naturally, I wondered to myself … why would anyone put a curb across the sidewalk?  Luckily for me, some smart civil engineer anticipated my curiosity and printed the reason right there on the curb.

Drainage Barrier

2 comments

  1. How deep was the barrier? Flush would certainly not be effective on the surface, but if it went down a foot that might help.

  2. @ Mom

    On the sides you can see it goes a couple of inches, but I am not sure how much deeper. I didn’t have my trusty shovel with me that day to dig it out. I guess it would have to be fairly deep to be of any use though.

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