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  2. Buffer stop - Wikipedia

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    A buffer stop, bumper, bumping post, bumper block or stopblock (US), is a device to prevent railway vehicles from going past the end of a physical section of track. The design of the buffer stop is dependent, in part, on the kind of couplings that the railway uses, since the coupling gear is the first part of the vehicle that the buffer stop ...

  3. Traffic barrier - Wikipedia

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    Traffic barrier with a pedestrian guardrail behind it. Traffic barriers (known in North America as guardrails or guard rails, [1] in Britain as crash barriers, [2] and in auto racing as Armco barriers [3]) keep vehicles within their roadway and prevent them from colliding with dangerous obstacles such as boulders, sign supports, trees, bridge abutments, buildings, walls, and large storm drains ...

  4. Waterstop - Wikipedia

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    PVC, PE and TPV waterstops are made continuous for the length of the concrete joint by heat welding, using simple thermoplastic welding equipment. [1] PE and TPV waterstops are generally installed in joints of secondary containment structures to prevent the passage of hazardous fluids other than water such as fuel oils, acids, or process ...

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  6. Hoboken Terminal - Wikipedia

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    Hoboken Terminal is a commuter-oriented intermodal passenger station in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey.One of the New York metropolitan area's major transportation hubs, it is served by eight NJ Transit (NJT) commuter rail lines, an NJ Transit event shuttle to Meadowlands Sports Complex, one Metro-North Railroad line, various NJT buses and private bus lines, the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail ...

  7. Embankment (earthworks) - Wikipedia

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    A diagram showing an embankment Disbanded West Somerset Mineral Railway embankment near Gupworthy, UK Cream-colored concrete abutment marks a gap in an embankment and gives vertical support to the dark red trestle bridge, and to the fill of the bridge approach embankment. To reduce the metal cost of the bridge here it is further supported by ...

  8. Parking space - Wikipedia

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    Depending on the location of the parking space, the time allowed to park may be fixed by regulation, and a fee may be required to use the parking space. It may be designated for free parking . When the demand for spaces outstrips supply, vehicles may overspill park onto the sidewalk , grass verges and other places which were not designed for ...

  9. Canal Street station (New York City Subway) - Wikipedia

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    The J stops here at all times and the Z stops here during rush hours in the peak direction. [177] The station is between Bowery to the north and Chambers Street to the south. [173] During the late 1910s, contractors waterproofed the station, placing a layer of brick and a 6 in-thick (15 cm) layer of concrete under the trackbeds.