[OSM-talk] What does this symbol mean?

[Nathan Edgars II]

On 8/5/2011 7:31 PM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> 2011/8/5 Nathan Edgars II<neroute2 at gmail.com>:
>> On 8/5/2011 5:31 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote:
>>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/54459361
>>> What is that symbol that appears along the way?
>>
>> Never mind - I hadn't noticed that the nodes were tagged barrier=lift_gate.
>
>
> There is 7 lift gates, one after the other, on a motorway?

It's a ramp to a reversible lane that's only open at certain times of 
the day. Look at the Bing aerial.