pinch point

British

noun

a traffic-calming measure in which the road narrows to one lane, with a sign indicating which oncoming driver should give way

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Linburn Beck Bridge is a pinch point on the diversion with HGVs having to cross in the centre of the narrow carriageway.

From BBC

So, as soon as the Six Nations schedule was published, Saturday's trip to Murrayfield looked like the pinch point which would make or break England's title dreams.

From BBC

Its drying time can be a pinch point in a body shop’s operations, limiting how many cars it can turn over in a day.

From The Wall Street Journal

The U.S. has plenty of copper in the ground, but smelting capacity is a pinch point.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Home Office source said "courts are definitely a pinch point and we do need the MoJ to step up and help us with that".

From BBC

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