"pork-chop island" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1998 May 7, Larry Fish, “Lincoln will be moved out of traffic’s way”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, 169th year, number 341, page B5",
          "text": "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.",
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        {
          "ref": "2007 May 21, Matt Henning, “Will FdL be maze of frontage roads?”, in The Reporter, page A5",
          "text": "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.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2010 March 14, Jesse James DeConto, “Council approves new Walgreens”, in The Chapel Hill News, page 3A",
          "text": "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.",
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        {
          "ref": "2013 July 8, Michael Graham, quotee, “Road Q”, in Arizona Daily Star, volume 172, number 189, page A2",
          "text": "The pork-chop island causes the right-turning vehicles to be in their own roadway, and so are not governed by the traffic signal.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 May 21, Ryan Gillespie, “Changes sought for Winter Park intersection”, in Orlando Sentinel, page A2",
          "text": "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.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 April 2, Bryan Anderson, “Enforce bylaws on election signs”, in Edmonton Journal, page A7",
          "text": "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.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 July 11, “City of Phoenix Public Notices”, in Arizona Business Gazette, volume 139, number 28, page 5OP",
          "text": "A single driveway access will be allowed on Idaho Road, no “pork-chop” island will be needed due to the extended raised median.",
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        "Alternative form of pork chop island"
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  "word": "pork-chop island"
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          "ref": "1998 May 7, Larry Fish, “Lincoln will be moved out of traffic’s way”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, 169th year, number 341, page B5",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 May 21, Matt Henning, “Will FdL be maze of frontage roads?”, in The Reporter, page A5",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010 March 14, Jesse James DeConto, “Council approves new Walgreens”, in The Chapel Hill News, page 3A",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 July 8, Michael Graham, quotee, “Road Q”, in Arizona Daily Star, volume 172, number 189, page A2",
          "text": "The pork-chop island causes the right-turning vehicles to be in their own roadway, and so are not governed by the traffic signal.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 May 21, Ryan Gillespie, “Changes sought for Winter Park intersection”, in Orlando Sentinel, page A2",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 April 2, Bryan Anderson, “Enforce bylaws on election signs”, in Edmonton Journal, page A7",
          "text": "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.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2019 July 11, “City of Phoenix Public Notices”, in Arizona Business Gazette, volume 139, number 28, page 5OP",
          "text": "A single driveway access will be allowed on Idaho Road, no “pork-chop” island will be needed due to the extended raised median.",
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        }
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