Patent ID: 8491217

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 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, the metallic cable being molded within the container so that it is in a slack state; 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, wherein the metallic bushing further comprises an enlarged step at each end thereof.