A median strip, central reservation, roadway median, or traffic median is the reserved area that separates opposing lanes of traffic on divided roadways such as divided highways, freeways, and motorwa
Divided median strip on a boulevard in Huizhou, China
A grass median strip on Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania, United States
An arterial road median with decorative cobblestones in Redwood City, California
The wide median strip in Main Street, Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia has been made into a garden feature of the town, wide enough to accommodate features such as flowerbeds and street furniture like benches and postboxes.
A dual carriageway or a divided highway is a class of highway with carriageways for traffic travelling in opposite directions separated by a central reservation or median strip. Roads with two or more
Median strip
…strip, central reservation, roadway median, or traffic median is the reserved area that separates opposing lanes of traffic on divided roadways such as divided highways, freeways, and motorways. The term also applies to divided roadways other than highways, including some major streets in urban or suburban areas. The…
A typical British dual carriageway with central barrier on the A63 near Hull, England
Autostrada A20 runs through the island of Sicily in Italy linking Palermo to Messina
Clara Barton Parkway outside Washington, D.C.
Jersey barriers may be used to separate the carriageways where the space is narrow. See this example near Málaga, Spain. There is also a bus stop in the bottom-right corner of the picture; it would not exist in a motorway.