The most common name for these ubiquitous concrete slabs is Jersey barriers—but why? In the era before Jersey barriers, roads were divided by guardrails made of wooden beams, which were flimsy ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Most people think that the walls alongside highways, often made of concrete, brick, or wood, are for crash safety or privacy. But those walls were actually ...

in an effort to improve the country’s road network infrastructure, England’s National Highways agency committed to replacing all life expired steel barrier systems with concrete through the ...

Street barriers that city officials set up in 2017 to prevent terrorist attacks were being replaced when a driver barreled ...

A video of a truck eating and pooping concrete blocks to keep traffic flowing ... Traffic levels are constantly shifting throughout the day, but road layouts are generally fixed and that can ...

The city bought the 700-pound steel Archer barriers in 2017 and previously used them to protect crowded streets during Mardi ...

Police said the driver was headed north on Interstate 94 near Winnetka Road, when they hit a concrete dividing barrier.

Throngs of New Year’s Day revelers packed in the city’s bustling French Quarter had no strong barriers to protect them from ...

He tried to escape the officers by passing traffic on the right shoulder of the road, but he hit a concrete barrier and came to a stop. The man had no recorded injuries, but his passenger— a 39 ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Most people think that the walls alongside highways, often made of concrete, brick, or wood, are for crash safety or privacy. But those walls were actually ...