What's the name of this traffic-control structure found at some checkpoints?

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Aparna Patel
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8 Aug, 2023
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11/8/2015 12:45:28 PM

What you are looking at is often referred to as a hydraulic road blocker, or an anti-ram barrier. These are somewhat like an extension of the concept one-way plates in that their purpose is similar: they both aim at blocking traffic.

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