jersey wall

plural jersey walls

1. alternativeAlternative form of Jersey wall.

   The Yukon slammed into the jersey wall separating them from oncoming traffic.

   2010, H. Adrian Sexton, Altared Ego, →ISBN, page 319

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   I hit the flashers, but intuited that to brake might cause the car to wobble or swerve into the jersey wall.

   2011, Diane Light, This Way Out: The Power to Change, →ISBN, page 121

   The traffic was very heavy for early afternoon and Sophia Saint Claire had no explanation as to why it inched on both sides of the jersey wall.

   2010, Rique Johnson, Every Woman's Man, →ISBN

plural Jersey walls · alternative jersey wall

1. A low wall made of Jersey barriers used to separate lanes of traffic.

   At the end of a Jersey wall section, plastic or metal barrels are placed to protect cars.

   1991, Richard A. Beal, Highway 17: The Road to Santa Cruz, →ISBN, page 147

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   The most northerly lane is separated from the other three lanes by a "Jersey wall" composed of concrete barriers.

   1996, West's federal supplement. [First Series.] - Volume 900, page 790

   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.

   2012, David Klinger, Into the Kill Zone: A Cop's Eye View of Deadly Force, →ISBN