Transverse Cracking. Although CRC pavement is designed to have transverse cracks, the cracks should be spaced properly. Transverse cracks spaced too closely (less than 3 ft (0.9 m), as illustrated in Fig. 3.29) have a good chance of interconnect- ing, because they do not form uniformly straight and perpendicular to the centerline. Thus, as they interconnect, spalling will occur and pavement failures will result. On the other hand, transverse cracks spaced too far apart create higher stresses than the reinforcement can tolerate, and this can also result in pavement failures. Although