nó de ligação da rede viária

English translation: (road network) interchange (point)

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Portuguese term or phrase:nó de ligação da rede viária
English translation:(road network) interchange (point)
Entered by: Aoife Kennedy

11:24 May 12, 2004
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering
Portuguese term or phrase: nó de ligação da rede viária
construcao do nó de ligação da rede viária do Parque das Cidades ao IC4
Aoife Kennedy
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:15
(road network) interchange (point)
Explanation:
sounds like spaghetti junction!

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Note added at 2004-05-12 13:12:43 (GMT) Post-grading
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NOTE that the word \"junction\" was given. It is just that a junction tends to be smaller than an interchange point. That is why I mentioned \"Spaghetti junction\" because it was a multiple junction point. A junction can be just one road joining or going off from another. I have worked most of my career in transport.....
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CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 00:15
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I think your answer was the most accurate in technical terms. As the phrase was taken from information provided for tourists, I have opted for the less technical choice of "link road", which makes sense in this context.
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Summary of answers provided
5transportation node
airmailrpl
5junction
henley
4highway knot
Henrique Magalhaes
3(road network) interchange (point)
CMJ_Trans (X)
3highway (connection) node
Javier Ramos


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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
nó de ligação da rede viária
highway knot


Explanation:
Believe this 2 words are enough to define the Por version

Henrique Magalhaes
Local time: 23:15
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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(road network) interchange (point)


Explanation:
sounds like spaghetti junction!

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Note added at 2004-05-12 13:12:43 (GMT) Post-grading
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NOTE that the word \"junction\" was given. It is just that a junction tends to be smaller than an interchange point. That is why I mentioned \"Spaghetti junction\" because it was a multiple junction point. A junction can be just one road joining or going off from another. I have worked most of my career in transport.....

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 00:15
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
I think your answer was the most accurate in technical terms. As the phrase was taken from information provided for tourists, I have opted for the less technical choice of "link road", which makes sense in this context.
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
n� de liga��o da rede vi�ria
transportation node


Explanation:
Krajobraz Warszawski 52
... In line with national development strategy, the Warsaw transportation node must be incorporated into the European highway and expressway network as well as the ...
archiwum.warszawa.um.gov.pl/kraj52/EN/kw52_1_6_en.html

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Note added at 49 mins (2004-05-12 12:13:38 GMT)
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p_news
... Porter Square is a major transportation node, a vibrant commercial district, and home to some 2000 Cambridge and Somerville households. ...
www.geocities.com/porter_sq/p_news.htm

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Note added at 1 hr 18 mins (2004-05-12 12:42:51 GMT)
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transport modelling - visual transport modeller: networks
... Nodes. The nodes are given a name, a number and a mode. The mode depends on whether it is a highway node, rail node or zone centroid, for example. ...
www.peter-davidson.co.uk/software/walknetworks.htm

UD Summer Studio 96
... The probes that I have chosen are the two edges of this axis Or a highway node and a subway node Or the main square of Brooklyn civic center (formal stage) and ...
www.columbia.edu/cu/gsapp/courses/ urban_design/summer96/renia.html

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 19:15
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
junction


Explanation:
Cant remember which site, but I read online somewhere that the planned "nó de ligação" you are referring to in the Algarve is a "nó tipo trombeta", which in English is a Trumpet Junction. I think I saw it in an online Algarve Journal

henley
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nó de ligação da rede viária
highway (connection) node


Explanation:
o termo node / nó é nastante utilizado no contexto de telecomunicações; pode ser q alguém esteja fazendo um paralelo ou reaproveitandando o termo em outro contexto! Hope it helps.

Javier Ramos
Local time: 19:15
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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