bollard

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bollard

A pillar or post, usually consisting of a metal pipe anchored in concrete and then filled with concrete,placed near building corners,loading docks, entrance doors, and gas pumps in order to protect them from automobiles; may be left natural, painted,or covered with plastic bollard covers.

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when his pickup left the roadway and struck a traffic pole on the northwest corner of 11th Avenue and Pearl Street.

City/Region Digest

The city's top cop and his driver spotted and cuffed a tagger suspect at a traffic pole at Vernon Avenue and Leimert Boulevard - Parks' first arrest since the 1970s.

CRUISING TO A MEETING, CITY'S TOP COP BUSTS SUSPECT

A continued emphasis on public safety and more efficient traffic control are two important long-term drivers that are contributing to increased lighting and traffic pole sales for Valmont.

Valmont Announces 2002 and Fourth Quarter Earnings; Highlights: -- Fourth quarter earnings up 33% over last year. -- Full-year earnings up 26%. -- Record Earnings Per Share of $1.37. -- Operating income for 2002 reaches $70.5 million, a record. -- Interest-bearing debt down $40 million from 2001 year-end. -- Positive impact of FAS 142 (eliminating amortization of goodwill), amounted to 3 cents per share for the quarter

The truck then careened into a traffic pole, a fire hydrant and a tree before smashing into a bus shelter where the boy, his mother, and a 60-year-old Lake View Terrace man were seated, Van Eyk said.