A cattle guard assembly being comprised of a molded grid formed from a rubber or rubber composite material wherein said assembly is configured to resist being damaged by livestock and corrosion, said assembly comprising:
- a cattle guard being positionable in a depression in a roadway extending along a fence line wherein said cattle guard is configured to inhibit livestock from crossing the fence line in the roadway, said cattle guard being comprised of a resiliently compressible material wherein said cattle guard is configured to resist impact damage, said cattle guard being comprised of a non-oxidizing material wherein said cattle guard is configured to resist corrosion, said cattle guard comprising a plurality of modular units thereby facilitating said cattle guard to have a selectable width wherein said cattle guard is configured to accommodate a variety of roadway widths, said modular units being comprised of a molded, unitary structure such that said modular units resist breaking, each of said modular units including a base and a grate, said grate being positionable in an existing cattle guard base for replacing an existing grate in an existing cattle guard;
- wherein said base comprises a pair of end plates, each of said end plates having a primary end, a secondary end and an outer surface extending therebetween, said outer surface of each of said end plates having a top side, a bottom side and a front side, said bottom side of each of said end plates resting on a bottom surface of the depression in the roadway having said top side being aligned with a top surface of the roadway;
- wherein each of said end plates having a foot extending away from said front side, said foot being aligned with said bottom side of said end plate and being coextensive with said end plate, said foot on each of said end plates having a top side;
- wherein each of said end plates having a height of approximately 27.94 centimeters;
- wherein said grate comprises a pair of cross bars, each of said cross bars having a first end, a second end and a lower surface extending therebetween, each of said cross bars being elongated between said first and second ends, said lower surface of each of said cross bars resting on said top side of said foot on each of said end plates having each of said first and second ends of each of said cross bars being aligned with said front side of said outer surface of a respective one of said end plates such that said end plates are spaced apart from each other having each of said cross bars being oriented perpendicular to said end plates, said cross bars being spaced apart from each other;
- plurality of members, each of said members having a lower surface, an upper surface, a front surface and a back surface, each of said front and back surfaces tapering inwardly between said lower and upper surfaces such that each of said members has a trapezoidal cross section taken along a longitudinal axis of said members, each of said members being integrated into and extending between said pair of cross bars having said lower surface of each of said members being aligned with said lower surface of said cross bars, each of said members being oriented perpendicular to said cross bars;
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- a pair of panels, each of said panels being positionable on opposite sides of said cattle guard, each of said panels having a lowermost surface and a first lateral surface, said first surface on each of said panels having a protrusion extending laterally away from said first surface, said protrusion on each of said panels being aligned with said lowermost surface said protrusion on each of said panels extending beneath said lower surface of each of said members when said panels are positioned on opposite sides of said cattle guard, said lower surface of each of said panels having a notch extending upwardly therefrom wherein said notch is configured to facilitate rain to drain therethrough.