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June McCarroll (June 30, 1867 – March 30, 1954) is credited by the California Department of Transportation with idea of delineating highways with a painted line to separate lanes of highway traffic, although this claim is disputed by the Federal Highway Administration and the Michigan Department of Transportation as two Michigan men painted centerlines before her. She was born in Lewis County, New York, daughter of Nelson and Adaline (Parsons) Whittlesey. She was a nurse (later a physician) with the Southern Pacific Railroad in the early 20th century who is The concept of painting lines to separate lanes is now in use all over the world. According to a historic marker in Indio, California, after a near-collision in her Model T in 1917, "She personally painted the first known stripe in California on Indio Boulevard, then part of U.S. Route 99, during 1917."
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30 June 1867
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30 March 1954 (aged 86)
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