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gares sur diffuseurs

English translation: toll barriers at motorway / highway junctions / exits

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French term or phrase:gares sur diffuseurs
English translation:toll barriers at motorway / highway junctions / exits
Entered by: Tony M

16:38 Oct 1, 2018
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / Motorway toll systems
French term or phrase: gares sur diffuseurs
From a questionnaire about free-flow toll gates:

"Les sociétés xxx, xxx et xxx travaillent actuellement à l’aménagement de gares sur diffuseurs offrant un système de péage en flux libre."
Mark Bossanyi
Bulgaria
Local time: 07:06
toll barriers at motorway / highway exits
Explanation:
"diffuseur" usually means an exits from a motorway onto "normal" roads; but sometimes it is used (probably erroneously!) to refer to a motorway interchange ('échangeur') — i.e. between 2 motorways, either or both of which might be toll.

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Note added at 1 day 15 hrs (2018-10-03 07:39:09 GMT) Post-grading
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Note that this formal use of 'diffuseur', where in everyday parlance we might speak of 'sortie', somewhat parallels the usage in the UK, where we perhaps more properly talk about 'junction 25 on the M6', but people will often refer to it as 'exit' (which I think is the term commonly used on US highways / turnpikes)
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Tony M
France
Local time: 06:06
Grading comment
Thanks Tony!
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5toll barriers on motorway network
GILLES MEUNIER
3toll barriers at motorway / highway exits
Tony M


  

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toll barriers on motorway network


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GILLES MEUNIER
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Local time: 06:06
Native speaker of: French
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toll barriers at motorway / highway exits


Explanation:
"diffuseur" usually means an exits from a motorway onto "normal" roads; but sometimes it is used (probably erroneously!) to refer to a motorway interchange ('échangeur') — i.e. between 2 motorways, either or both of which might be toll.

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Note added at 1 day 15 hrs (2018-10-03 07:39:09 GMT) Post-grading
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Note that this formal use of 'diffuseur', where in everyday parlance we might speak of 'sortie', somewhat parallels the usage in the UK, where we perhaps more properly talk about 'junction 25 on the M6', but people will often refer to it as 'exit' (which I think is the term commonly used on US highways / turnpikes)

Tony M
France
Local time: 06:06
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 216
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