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English
Noun
pork-chop island (plural pork-chop islands)
- Alternative form of pork chop island
1998 May 7, Larry Fish, “Lincoln will be moved out of traffic’s way”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, 169th year, number 341, page B5:A small “pork-chop” island separates a lane of traffic turning right from Kelly to Sedgley, and that island should grow in the new intersection.
2007 May 21, Matt Henning, “Will FdL be maze of frontage roads?”, in The Reporter, page A5:I just don’t see many people migrating north to Fond du Lac if it becomes a maze of frontage roads (the walking trail could soon become one), pork-chop islands and back roads.
2010 March 14, Jesse James DeConto, “Council approves new Walgreens”, in The Chapel Hill News, page 3A:Caribou Coffee resisted a similar median on South Estes Drive, and the town instead chose to require a “pork-chop” island in the driveway of Walgreens, making lefthand turns extremely difficult.
2013 July 8, Michael Graham, quotee, “Road Q”, in Arizona Daily Star, volume 172, number 189, page A2:The pork-chop island causes the right-turning vehicles to be in their own roadway, and so are not governed by the traffic signal.
2018 May 21, Ryan Gillespie, “Changes sought for Winter Park intersection”, in Orlando Sentinel, page A2:City Manager Randy Knight said Winter Park was debating whether signs restricting left turns between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. would be enough or if a so-called “pork-chop” island — a triangular traffic device that helps drivers make right turns — would be enough.
2019 April 2, Bryan Anderson, “Enforce bylaws on election signs”, in Edmonton Journal, page A7:They [election signs] must be three metres from curbs, can’t be placed on centre medians, and can’t be placed on pork-chop islands.
2019 July 11, “City of Phoenix Public Notices”, in Arizona Business Gazette, volume 139, number 28, page 5OP:A single driveway access will be allowed on Idaho Road, no “pork-chop” island will be needed due to the extended raised median.