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di luce pari a 3 kilometri

English translation: spanning 3 kilometres


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Italian term or phrase:di luce pari a 3 kilometri
English translation:spanning 3 kilometres
Entered by: Therese Marshall
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06:36 Aug 17, 2011
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Art/Literary - Architecture / architecture museum, biog
Italian term or phrase: di luce pari a 3 kilometri
Context: Si tratta di un progetto complesso, perché prevede un piano di ristrutturazione territoriale dell’area (progettato da XXXX) e audacissimo, poiché propone un ponte sospeso, a campata unica, di luce pari a tre chilometri.
Therese Marshall
Local time: 01:49
spanning 3 kilometres
Explanation:
this
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Tom in London
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Local time: 00:49
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5 +2spanning 3 kilometres
Tom in London
4 +3of a length of 3 kilometersKayW


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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
of a length of 3 kilometers


Explanation:
refers to the length of the span of the bridge


    Reference: http://www.lap-consult.com/pdf-files/deutsch/sonderdrucke/sd...
KayW
Local time: 01:49
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PRO pts in category: 30

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  luskie: Il tratto di ponte tra due appoggi, siano essi pile o spalle, si chiama campata, e la sua lunghezza si chiama portata o luce. http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponte
2 mins
neutral  meirs: Span is the right word
14 mins
  -> Yes, but since you already have "campata" which means span…
agree  Gian: ... 3 km long
3 hrs
agree  philgoddard: Agree with Gian.
10 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
spanning 3 kilometres


Explanation:
this

Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:49
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 422

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  william wooderson: I agree with Tom
40 mins
  -> thanks william
agree  NicoleRZ: as in single span suspension bridge spanning 3 kilometers.
5 hrs
  -> thanks Nicole
neutral  philgoddard: I think the repetition of "span" (as in Nicole's suggestion) is clumsy.
8 hrs
  -> it would be, if that were how she were to translate the rest of the sentence.
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