steel barrier

Iron crash partition

A steel barrier is a structure made of steel designed to block, contain, or redirect movement.

Steel barriers appear along highways to prevent vehicles from leaving the roadway, around construction sites to control access, or at borders and security checkpoints.

The term often appears in political discussions about border walls and immigration policy: The proposal called for a steel barrier along the southern border.

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metal · iron · barricade · wall · border wall · railing · checkpoint · border · razor wire · fortification · industrial · cold · rigid · blockade · corrosion · welded · rust · prison

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material composition

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Rigid masonry partition

plastic barrier · hedge · brick wall · living wall · paper screen

permeability/obstruction

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Unfilled space between

opening · clear path · free passage · gateway · doorway

permanence/rigidity

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Luxurious crowd-control barrier

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Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G