curb

Also known as kerb, curbstone

thumb|Stone curbs and raised sidewalks on both sides of a 2000-year-old paved road in Pompeii, [[Italy]] thumb|upright|A curb with the street name on the sidewalk in New Orleans

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OpenStreetMap tag: barrier=kerb
Commons category: Kerbs

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History
Function
Safety
Types of curb
Shape
Material
Height
Integral gutter
Paint
Auto racing curbs
Cultural identifiers
See also
References
External links

thumb|Stone curbs and raised sidewalks on both sides of a 2000-year-old paved road in Pompeii, [[Italy]] thumb|upright|A curb with the street name on the sidewalk in New Orleans

A curb (American English) or kerb (British English) is the edge where a raised sidewalk/pavement or road median/central reservation meets a street/other roadway. ==History== thumb|right|Pedestrian area separated from carriageway by six bollards in front of the [[East India House in London, 1766]]