Walking across cattle guard

Cattle guards, also known as cattle grids, stock grids, vehicle passes, Texas gates, stock gaps, and cattle stops are usually a grid of spaced metal bars over a pit in the middle of the road to prevent livestock from leaving a closed or fenced area of land.

Apparently sheep, cattle, pigs, horses, and mules are reluctant to step on or over such a device. Sometimes cattle guards are simply painted lines across a road although I don't know their effectiveness.

I, myself, have crossed over tens of thousands of different cattle guards and suspect there're probably a few million of them located all over north America.

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http://www.rogerwendell.com

12-09-2011




A cattle guard on California State Route 76 near Lake Henshaw.
Cattle grids are usually installed on roads where they cross a fenceline, often at a boundary between public and private lands. They are an alternative to the erection of gates that would need to be opened and closed every time a vehicle passed, and are common where roads

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