F-Shape Barrier

F-Shape Barrier

The F-Shape Barrier is a concrete barrier, originally designed to divide lanes of traffic on a highway. It is a modification of the widely-used Jersey barrier design, and is generally considered safer.Fact|date=November 2007

The UK equivalent is the concrete step barrier.


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