jersey barrier

Noun capitalized: Jersey barrier

Jersey barrier (plural Jersey barriers)

1. A modular concrete or plastic barrier designed to create walls that separate lanes of traffic or to block traffic.
   • One incident in May was a possible threat indicator when a Jersey barrier on the east perimeter was rammed by a slow-moving car.2013, Richard Kirchner, Surveillance and Threat Detection: Prevention versus Mitigation, →ISBN, page 105
   • 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.2006, John McCool, Kendall D. Gott, Eyewitness to War, Volume. 1: U S Army in Operation AL FAJR: An Oral History, →ISBN
2. A Jersey wall; a wall composed of Jersey barriers that separates lanes of traffic.
   • 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.2008, John A. Bissonette, Patricia Catherine Cramer, Evaluation of the Use and Effectiveness of Wildlife Crossings, →ISBN, page 60
   • 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.2013, Donald E. Struble, Automotive Accident Reconstruction: Practices and Principles, →ISBN

   Synonyms:

   K-rail