It's not even as long as a car.
Or a bicycle, for that matter.
Could this be the daftest double yellow parking line ever painted in Manchester?
The snap was taken by a passer-by on Tuesday on Back Bridge Street, which runs between Irish pub Mulligans and San Carlo restaurant in the city centre.
Measuring just over a foot in length, the freshly-painted lines appear to have been laid over a new patch of road surface.
On the opposite side of the narrow road more new surfacing has been carried out - but bizarrely no double-yellow lines have been painted on that section.
Which begs the question - why?
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One passer-by who took a double take said they wondered whether contractors simply ran out of paint.
They told the Manchester Evening News: "It does appear to be a bit odd and pointless.
"It must be the smallest double-yellow line in the city."
In the background fading double-yellows can be seen, suggesting the entire road will be repainted at some point.
We asked the council, which said a 'temporary repair' had to be carried out.
A Manchester council spokesman told the M.E.N.: "A temporary repair has been carried out on a small patch of the road.
"The double-yellow lines will be repainted in due course, in line with our existing road maintenance programme."
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