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 vehicle damage in cases of incidental contact w
Jersey barriers on the road
Soldiers taking cover from enemy fire behind Jersey barriers in Baghdad, Iraq, 2007
Plastic Jersey barriers (Hong Kong, 2008)
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 crash barrier.
Jersey barrier
…barrier. The F-shape is generally similar to the Jersey barrier in appearance, but is taller, with somewhat different angles. The UK equivalent is the concrete step barrier. First tested in 1968 by the then Department of Highways in Ontario, Canada, the Ontario Tall Wall is a variant of the Jersey barrier. Standing at 42…
Concrete step barrier cross-section
Concrete step barrier on M1 motorway (UK)
The concrete step barrier in the under-construction M8 motorway in Ireland (August 2008)
Typical crack pattern associated with the alkali–silica reaction, affecting a Jersey barrier on a US highway