Longitudinal cracks run roughly parallel to the roadway center line. Longitudinal cracks associated with the beginning of alligator cracking are generally discontinu-ous, broken, and occur in the wheel path. However, any longitudinal crack that is clearly within the wheel path should be rated.Note: Do not include cracks which reside only within 6 inches of a lane edge.These cracks are assumed to be caused by, or related to, a paving construction jointand should be rated as nonwheel path longitudinal cracking. If your survey includesan item for joint or crack seal condition, you should include the seal condition ofthese lane edge construction joints in that survey item