roadblock

road +‎ block

roadblock (plural roadblocks)

1. Something that blocks or obstructs a road.
2. An obstacle or impediment.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hindrance

   • 2015 September 16, Andy Marra, “Many trans people still are denied healthcare because of their identity”, in The Guardian‎:

     Transgender people face roadblocks in accessing healthcare, and it’s not going away even after archaic rules denying healthcare access to transgender people are lifted and more of us become insured.

roadblock (third-person singular simple present roadblocks, present participle roadblocking, simple past and past participle roadblocked)

1. (colloquial, transitive) To prevent, hinder.

• See also Thesaurus:hinder