Meaning of Jersey barrier | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A modular concrete or plastic barrier designed to create walls that separate lanes of traffic or to block traffic.
2. A Jersey wall; a wall composed of Jersey barriers that separates lanes of traffic.

Examples

“One incident in May was a possible threat indicator when a Jersey barrier on the east perimeter was rammed by a slow-moving car.”

“His squad had entered the first room of the house and, as they were about to enter the second room, they were engaged by a couple insurgents who were hiding behind a concrete Jersey barrier they'd brought into the house.”

“At night this gap is closed off by a simple concrete Jersey barrier, and the pit is left to those outside the wire.”

“A Jersey barrier is highly effective at turning a vehicle back into its parallel lane of travel, but much less effective at dealing with a perpendicular force hit.”

“The same result was found when measuring the length of Jersey barrier or guardrail within the 800 m buffer in high- and low-kill UVC zones.”

“The paper also included a completed scene diagram, included a wrecked tractor and semi-trailer, damaged asphalt area, gouges, skip lines, and displaced Jersey barrier sections.”

“The freeway section configuration of the highway was constructed on embankment and provides for two lanes of traffic in each direction divided by a Jersey Barrier along its entire length creating significant challenges for maintenance of traffic for any work perfomed within its limits.”

“According to the Hunterdon County Historical Society, frequent accidents on the steep road over Jugtown Mountain in Hunterdon County led to the first installation of the Jersey barrier.”

“Marcia Argust, former head of the Security Design Coalition, stands protected by a jersey barrier— a common blockade around the Capitol building.”

“The most familiar type of barricade is the infamous "jersey barrier" which is made of reinforced concrete, but barricades can be made of other materials, if it provides an adequate protection factor.”

“Barry was sitting on top of his jersey barrier, watching the tower disappear.”

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