Drainage channel

Drainage channel for surface drainage, comprising:

• first and second elongate molded bodies each having opposite end faces, side walls, a floor, and an upper surface over which vehicles can travel, each of said molded bodies including a channel compartment, said channel compartment being defined by a ceiling boundary surface nearest said upper surface, side boundary surfaces and a base boundary surface, said ceiling boundary surface being parallel to said upper surface, at least one of said side boundary surfaces and said base boundary surface tapering in a direction from a first of said end faces to a second of said end faces, said end faces including sealing junctions, said first and second elongate molded bodies including inlet openings in said upper surface, said upper surface having edges extending between said end faces, said upper surface including elevated sections outside said inlet openings and near said edges of said upper surface with rib regions between said elevated sections;
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• a sealing material provided at the sealing junctions of said second of said end faces of said first elongate molded body and said first of said end faces of said second elongate molded body;
• wherein said elevated sections tolerate loads from vehicles better than rib regions between said elevated sections, and
• wherein water flowing from one side over an elevated section of said channel is prevented from overflowing on an opposite side over another of the elevated sections before entering said inlet openings thereby improving drainage action.