A concrete step barrier is a safety barrier used on the central reservation of motorways and dual carriageways as an alternative to the standard steel...
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A Jersey barrier, Jersey wall, or Jersey bump is a modular concrete or plastic barrier employed to separate lanes of traffic. It is designed to minimize...
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Concrete barrier may refer to: Alaska Barrier Bremer barrier Traffic barrier Concrete step barrier Constant-slope barrier F-Shape barrier Jersey barrier...
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The F-shape barrier is a concrete crash barrier, originally designed to divide lanes of traffic on a highway. It is a modification of the widely used...
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specific shape of concrete barrier. Other types include constant-slope barriers, concrete step barriers, and F-shape barriers. Concrete barriers usually have...
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Because these barriers are relatively inexpensive, as opposed to concrete step barriers to install and maintain, and are very effective at capturing vehicles...
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high containment concrete step barriers in the median (central reservation). All existing motorways will introduce concrete barriers as part of ongoing...
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A barrier transfer machine, also known as zipper machine or road zipper, is a type of heavy vehicle that is used to transfer concrete lane dividers, such...
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Sidewalk (section Stone and concrete pavers)
Zealand English) is a path along the side of a road. Usually constructed of concrete, pavers, brick, stone, or asphalt, it is designed for pedestrians. A sidewalk...
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down a slope that is too steep for automobiles. Step streets consist of a staircase of stone or concrete steps, often with a handrail on posts down the...
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a physical barrier against cars accidentally crossing it, a Fitch barrier, in which the barrels are filled with sand, or a Jersey barrier is used. In...
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or piece of water". It can be constructed of earth, masonry, wood, or concrete. One of the earliest known wooden causeways is the Sweet Track in the Somerset...
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Brick (section Concrete bricks)
similar term referring to a rectangular building unit composed of clay or concrete, but is usually larger than a brick. Lightweight bricks (also called lightweight...
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Concrete is a composite material composed of aggregate bound together with a fluid cement that cures to a solid over time. It is the second-most-used substance...
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A constant slope barrier is a traffic barrier made of reinforced concrete and designed with a single slope that is used to separate lanes of vehicular...
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Tarmacadam or tarmac is a concrete road surfacing material made by combining tar and macadam (crushed stone and sand), patented by Welsh inventor Edgar...
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need. For example, a Portland concrete curb used with an asphalt concrete road surface provides a highly visible barrier at the edge of the road surface...
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gave way to macadam roads and later to tarmac, and finally to asphalt concrete at the beginning of the 20th century. However, cobblestones are often...
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Expansion joint (redirect from Control point in concrete)
railway tracks, piping systems, ships, and other structures. Building faces, concrete slabs, and pipelines expand and contract due to warming and cooling from...
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Cable barrier Cat's eye (road) Concrete step barrier Constant-slope barrier Curb F-shape barrier Guard rail Jersey barrier Kassel kerb Noise barrier Raised...
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Guard rail (category Protective barriers)
railings Baluster Bollard Cable barrier Concrete step barrier Handrail Jersey barrier Parapet Platform screen doors Traffic barrier Traffic cone Ironwork "Protective...
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Overpass (redirect from Concrete Flyover)
Cable barrier Cat's eye (road) Concrete step barrier Constant-slope barrier Curb F-shape barrier Guard rail Jersey barrier Kassel kerb Noise barrier Raised...
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Cable barrier Cat's eye (road) Concrete step barrier Constant-slope barrier Curb F-shape barrier Guard rail Jersey barrier Kassel kerb Noise barrier Raised...
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Cable barrier Cat's eye (road) Concrete step barrier Constant-slope barrier Curb F-shape barrier Guard rail Jersey barrier Kassel kerb Noise barrier Raised...
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Cable barrier Cat's eye (road) Concrete step barrier Constant-slope barrier Curb F-shape barrier Guard rail Jersey barrier Kassel kerb Noise barrier Raised...
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Toll road (redirect from Toll barrier)
toll plazas, toll booths, toll houses, toll stations, toll bars, toll barriers, or toll gates. Some toll collection points are automatic, and the user...
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Asphalt concrete (commonly called asphalt, blacktop, or pavement in North America, and tarmac or bitumen macadam in the United Kingdom and the Republic...
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highways. Chipsealing is cheaper than resurfacing an asphalt concrete or a Portland cement concrete pavement, but not as long-lasting. Chipseals are constructed...
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Plainfield and Bound Brook has been resurfaced, provided with a concrete center barrier and equipped with jug-handle exits to eliminate a former major...
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tracked vehicles (a process known as "fording"). Fords may be accompanied by stepping stones for pedestrians. The United Kingdom has more than 2,000 fords, and...
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