June McCarroll, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

June McCarroll

Invented lane striping

Date of Birth: 30-Jun-1867

Place of Birth: Lewis County, New York, United States

Date of Death: 30-Mar-1954

Profession: physician, nurse, inventor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

June McCarroll (June 30, 1867 – March 30, 1954) is credited by the California Department of Transportation with the 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.
She was a nurse (later a physician) with the Southern Pacific Railroad in the early 20th century.
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."