Trench drains with suspended grates

A strap-suspended elongate grate section for a road surface-supported trench drain grate system, including:

• an elongate drain grate having a width permitting inset in the trench;
• at least one inner strapping member including a middle portion that is affixed on a top facing inner section of the elongate drain grate;
• and
• two anchor strapping members, a middle portion of an anchor strapping member is affixed on a top facing edge of the elongate drain grate,
• wherein outer portions of the anchor strapping members and the inner strapping member are not affixed to the drain grate, and extend beyond longitudinal edges of the elongate drain grate, such that the elongate drain grate section is capable of being supported by the road surfaces adjacent to both sides of the trench, said outer portions being surface mountable on the road surfaces,
• wherein, the elongate drain grate section is capable of being inset in the trench, and being structurally supported by the road surfaces, without relying on the structural integrity of trench drain structure defining the trench.