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Ligação (in this context)

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Portuguese term or phrase:	Ligação (in this context)
English translation:	link
Entered by:	Maria José Tavares

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22:42 Nov 6, 2009

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Portuguese term or phrase: Ligação (in this context)

Not a no de Ligação (intechange), can a Ligação ever be an exit? In this sentece:

Após o Viaduto , a Ligação X ao km 0+ 750 destina-se a efectuar a ligação ao Caminho do Padre

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link

Explanation:
The East-West road connection is a proposed 18 kilometres long freeway standard road link in Melbourne, Australia, to run from the western suburbs to the Eastern Freeway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East-West_road_connection

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_road

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Connection

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highway link

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link

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link

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Connection

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Example sentence(s):

Minnesota-Benning road connection would substantially cut traffic

Reference: http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=3265

Raphael Jacovani
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highway link

Explanation:
The nomenclature of the federal highways is defined by acronym BR, that it means that the highway is federal, followed for three numbers. The first number indicates the category of the highway, in accordance with the definitions established in the National Plan of Means of transportation: • 0 (zero) radial highways - they are the highways that leave of the Federal Capital in direction to the extremities of the country; • 1 (one) longitudinal highways - they are the highways that cut to the country in the direction North-South highway; • 2 (two) transversal highways. - they are the highways that cut to the country in the direction East-West; • 3 (three) diagonal highways - these highways can present two ways of orientation: Noroeste-Sudeste or Northeast-Southwest; • 4 (four) highways of linking - these highways are presented in any direction, generally binding federal highways, or at least one federal highway to the cities or important points or still to our international borders
http://www.transportes.gov.br/bit/br/brs.htm

Douglas highway link to I-25 in debate - Topix
Controversy about plans for a new highway link between The Meadows subdivision in Castle Rock and Interstate 25 has intensified since residents of Castle ...
www.topix.com/.../douglas-highway-link-to-i-25-in-debat

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