- description
- A row of [[gameplay-feature:lanes]] — typically two or three — crossing the upper playfield just below the top arch, separated by standup posts and each carrying its own rollover switch. Common rulesets light letters that spell a bonus word, or advance a value, as the ball crosses each lane; the center lane of a three-lane row is often the hardest to hit square-on and carries the richest award. Unlike the [[gameplay-feature:orbits]] that curve fully around the same area of the playfield, top lanes are straight, gated channels the ball crosses rather than loops through.