Patent ID: 8376651

Claim:
A barrier segment which is hollow and adapted to be filled with a fluent material for ballast, comprising: a molded plastic container having outer side walls defining an interior volume and having a first end and a second end; a plurality of connecting lugs disposed on each of said first and second ends, so that a plurality of barrier segments may be joined together; a length of metallic cable molded within said molded plastic container, so that most of the length of metallic cable is entirely disposed within said interior volume, along substantially an entire length of said container between said first and second ends; and a metallic bushing insert molded into one of said connecting lugs on the first end of the barrier segment to form a channel through which a pin can be extended to secure the lug to another lug, wherein an end of said metallic cable is attached to said metallic bushing, said metallic bushing comprising an enlarged step at each end thereof and being encapsulated in molded plastic, to form an integrally molded-in, leak-proof connection.