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400-series highways

400-series highway design has set the precedent for a number of innovations used throughout North America, including the parclo interchange and the modified Jersey barrier design known as an Ontario Tall Wall.


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400-series highways

Lanes of opposing directions should always be separated either by a grass median, usually of sufficient width to prevent cross-directional collisions, to provide drainage, and may allow for future expansion, or an "Ontario tall-wall" concrete barrier if a grass median is not feasible (the tall wall is based upon the Jersey barrier but is not reinforced and higher at 1070-mm).