pinch point

British  

noun

1. a traffic-calming measure in which the road narrows to one lane, with a sign indicating which oncoming driver should give way

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Example Sentences

The U.S. has plenty of copper in the ground, but smelting capacity is a pinch point.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Home Office source said "courts are definitely a pinch point and we do need the MoJ to step up and help us with that".

From BBC

Newquay Foodbank said the summer holidays were "a real pinch point" and one in four young children were at risk of needing a food bank.

From BBC

It is located at a strategically important pinch point leading on to the Red Sea and Suez Canal - one of the world's most important shipping routes.

From BBC

The Fosters pick up the necessities at the PCH pinch point.

From Los Angeles Times