Jersey barrier
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Jersey barrier
First recorded in 1965–70; so named because such barriers were first used on the (New) Jersey (Turnpike)
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The two vehicles were traveling around 1:40 a.m. on the inner belt between Georgia Avenue and Colesville Road, when a car veered off to the left, hit a Jersey barrier, and caught on fire.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 24, 2022
Five years after the Baltimore statues’ removal, the monuments in the city-owned lot off Pulaski Highway in the Pulaski Industrial Area are secured in a metal fence and Jersey barrier enclosure.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2022
Police said the crash occurred about 6:15 p.m., when a 2014 Chevrolet Sonic sedan struck a Jersey barrier in the southbound lanes of the 2700 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2018
It is all pavement, sky, Jersey barrier, billboard and Long John Silver’s.
From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2017
He Canadian nosepicked the big sub straight into a no-hop downside whip-to-tailtap on the smaller sub, then over-toothed the Jersey barrier, and ended it with a double tailwhip nosepick on a quarter.
From Time Magazine Archive
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