Man Hole Cover

[nlpyle]

OK, so I hope someone who knows or may even works for a city can answer my question. In the first half mile of road from my apartment there is 13 man hole covers in one lane, It is a two land residential road. This just seems over kill. Is there something special that you need a hole ever 20 feet or so? Just been curious for a while.

 

[Spunky99]

Mebee it's fer fetching a really big gator from the sewer pipe?:iconbeer:

 

[MikeN02]

OK, so I hope someone who knows or may even works for a city can answer my question. In the first half mile of road from my apartment there is 13 man hole covers in one lane, It is a two land residential road. This just seems over kill. Is there something special that you need a hole ever 20 feet or so? Just been curious for a while.

Same thing for me. The road their redoing is a 2 lane and the inner most lane near the median has A lot of man holes. I mean like one every 6 seconds... + little man holes that look like hose covers and they stick/hump out the ground more than usual.

Sucks driving on that road at night.

 

[99vengeur]

Over-sized game of hopscotch.... :don'tknow:

 

[bmw675]

every time there is a "T", "Y", or a bend in a sewer line they have a manhole.
this is to allow cleaning, inspections. ect.
i bet almost everywhere there is a manhole, its either near an intersection, or the backyard property lines where they "T" into the line on the road.

 

[FZ6R-Billy]

They could be for different uses such as Telephone, power, stormwater removal, or sewer. These normally do not share the same duct runs or manholes.

 

[gearhead]

Women have holes too- or at least access to these same holes, that's why these are now called "person-holes". Sheesh, be politically correct.

Well, I guess stating women have holes too doesn't sound PC either...
Nor does stating they have access to the same holes...

I'll just stop now.

 

[FZ6R-Billy]

Gearhead, The correct term is "utility vault" not person hole. There's your polotical correctness.

 

[porky45]

Women have holes too.

yes... yes they do...

 

[99vengeur]

yes... yes they do...

:needpics:

 

[dart1963]

Now there's a manhole (minus the manhole cover)

 

[Spunky99]

Hmmm...I think they are still called manhole covers.....

I use dykes to cut wire, not wire cutters.