Jersey wall

See also: jersey wall

English
A Jersey wall separating lanes of traffic

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Noun

Jersey wall (plural Jersey walls)

  1. A low wall made of Jersey barriers used to separate lanes of traffic.
    • 1991, Richard A. Beal, Highway 17: The Road to Santa Cruz, →ISBN, page 147:
      At the end of a Jersey wall section, plastic or metal barrels are placed to protect cars.
    • 1996, West's federal supplement. [First Series.] - Volume 900, page 790:
      The most northerly lane is separated from the other three lanes by a "Jersey wall" composed of concrete barriers.
    • 2012, David Klinger, Into the Kill Zone: A Cop's Eye View of Deadly Force, →ISBN:
      When he hit the Jersey wall separating the north and southbound traffic, he sent up a huge cloud of dust that I couldn't see through.
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