K-rail

English

Etymology

This term is stipulated in a specification of the California Department of Transportation, who first started using concrete median barriers in the mid-1940s. The reason for the letter K is uncertain.

Noun

K-rail (plural K-rails)

  1. A concrete barrier used to separate lanes of traffic.

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