Median (road)
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A median strip, central reservation, roadway median, or traffic median is the reserved area that separates opposing lanes of traffic on divided roadways such as divided highways, dual carriageways, freeways, and motorways.[1]
Median (road) Media
Typical left-hand motorway road layout in Ireland and South Africa
A grass median strip on Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania, United States
An arterial road median with decorative cobblestones in Redwood City, California
The wide median strip in Main Street, Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia has been made into a garden feature of the town, wide enough to accommodate features such as flowerbeds and street furniture like benches and postboxes.
A 50-metre-wide median strip in Inagi, Tokyo.[source?]
Japan National Route 423 in Kita-ku, Osaka with the Osaka Metro Midōsuji Line in the median.
The Kwinana Freeway in Perth, Australia contains the Mandurah railway line
Median strip tramway in Bremen, Germany, an example of a median strip occupied by a tramway track.
References
- ↑ USFHA, US (https://highways.dot.gov/safety/proven-safety-countermeasures/medians-and-pedestrian-refuge-islands-urban-and-suburban-areas#:~:text=A%20median%20is%20the%20area,and%20non%2Dmotorized%20road%20users.). https://highways.dot.gov/safety/proven-safety-countermeasures/medians-and-pedestrian-refuge-islands-urban-and-suburban-areas#:~:text=A%20median%20is%20the%20area,and%20non%2Dmotorized%20road%20users.
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