Tall concrete walls running along American highways are probably a familiar sight to most, but have you stopped to ask what they actually do?

Although the practice of using a concrete barrier down the center of a roadway to separate opposing traffic dates back to the mid-1940s, the practice seems really to have gained steam when, in 1955, ...

Whether drivers understand the engineering behind it or not, it is fair to say that most people would be able to recognize the steel barrier system. Often posted as ever-present guards for our on and ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — The most recent crash on Highway 285 at Shaffers Crossing kept a major roadway closed overnight into Wednesday morning. Statistics from the Colorado State Patrol (CSP) show ...

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Highway 16 will get another round of cable barrier installations, part of a state safety initiative in an area where fatal head-on collisions occurred in the past decade in Waukesha County. The ...

Growing up in Dayton means being surrounded by the innovations and inventions that have defined the city for centuries. For Archie Scott III, who graduated from Greenon High School in Enon, living ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- More road construction is coming to Central Oregon, including some long-sought safety improvements, such as a completed median barrier on Highway 97 between bend and Redmond. The ...

After Wednesday's fatal wreck on Eastex Freeway in Beaumont, many drivers are questioning the usefulness of cable roadway barriers. Most drivers tell 12 News HD they feel safer in areas with concrete ...