Patent ID: 6752564
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: E01F

Abstract:
A pedestrian protection barrier for a roadway having a centerline and a pedestrian crosswalk crossing thereof, said pedestrian barrier comprising:two half-barriers, one on each side of said pedestrian crosswalk, said half-barriers each having a generally triangular shape, said half-barriers pointed in the opposite directions and away from said crosswalk; each of said half-barriers further comprising two segment-blocks, each of said segment-blocks having a lower portion and an upper portion, each of said segment-blocks having a generally triangular shape defined by a first side-wall, a second side-wall and an exterior side-wall facing traffic of said roadway; wherein each of said half-barriers is formed by a pair of said segment-blocks having their lower portions installed inside the ground of said roadway and their upper portions extending above the ground of said roadway to protect pedestrians, said first side-walls of each respective pair of said segment-blocks originating at the same common point on the centerline of said roadway, said respective second side-walls forming a first angle therebetween.