橋梁架替工事

English translation: bridge replacement

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Japanese term or phrase:橋梁架替
English translation:bridge replacement
Entered by: Katalin Horváth McClure

17:10 Jul 7, 2002
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering / Construction, civil engineering
Japanese term or phrase: 橋梁架替工事
Is this bridge beam replacement, or what?
Katalin Horváth McClure
United States
Local time: 05:50
Bridge replacement
Explanation:
橋梁 is the longer and complicated version of 橋.
橋 and 梁 have the same meaning.
Although 橋梁 is rarely used in conversation, people in those fields prefer to use this term.
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qytabit
Local time: 18:50
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4 +2Bridge replacement
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Bridge replacement


Explanation:
橋梁 is the longer and complicated version of 橋.
橋 and 梁 have the same meaning.
Although 橋梁 is rarely used in conversation, people in those fields prefer to use this term.

qytabit
Local time: 18:50
PRO pts in pair: 103

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maynard Hogg: 橋(hashi) and 梁(hair) do not have the same meaning, but you've got everything else right.
10 hrs

agree  yamamoto
10 hrs
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