median strip
Noun
Meaning
median strip (plural median strips)
(US) A strip of land between opposing lanes of a road.
(US) Synonyms: median, (Louisiana) neutral ground
(UK) Synonyms: central reservation, reservation
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Examples
The boy, Bayron Isaul Fuentes Lopez, was following behind his brothers and sisters when he stepped off the median strip and was struck by a van driven by Lopes' personal assistant.
Marsh Botanical Garden XIV A second biotechnology district is being planned for the median strip on Frontage Road, on land cleared for the never-built Route 34 extension.
There is a bridge-long median strip between lanes 6 and 7 to separate traffic which has already paid the toll (at the northern end) from other southbound traffic (which must pay the toll at the southern end).