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  • Roadside Overgrowth: Life Finds a Way

    A few years ago, this traffic splitter had a magnificent overgrowth goin’ on:

    Traffic splitter bushes - Vassar Rd at Pine Tree Dr - Streetview 2018-07
    Traffic splitter bushes – Vassar Rd at Pine Tree Dr – Streetview 2018-07

    Eventually, somebody (perhaps the NYS DOT) cut the bushes off at their bases and probably hit them with defoliant to keep them down:

    Traffic splitter stumps - Vassar Rd at Pine Tree Dr - 2020-11
    Traffic splitter stumps – Vassar Rd at Pine Tree Dr – 2020-11

    I don’t know that the stems cracked the concrete, but they surely eased the slabs apart.

    The signpost had a substantial bush at its base:

    Traffic splitter stumps - signpost - Vassar Rd at Pine Tree Dr - 2020-11
    Traffic splitter stumps – signpost – Vassar Rd at Pine Tree Dr – 2020-11

    It’s tough to keep civilization running ahead of Mother Nature …