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State crews have finished building 11 raised medians along Hempstead Turnpike, giving pedestrians a safer place to cross the busy thoroughfare in mid-block.
The medians, which rise a few inches above the road surface, give those on foot a clear place to stand if they get caught in the middle of the road. Construction of the last two medians is to be completed Monday, state officials said....
