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English translation: collector road/street


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02:58 Jan 21, 2012
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Human Resources / planejamento urbano
Portuguese term or phrase: avenida coletora
"A área de intervenção ..... terá grande importância na conexão entre áreas ao sul e ao norte da gleba, com a implantação de uma avenida coletora que ligará a Avenida ..... à Rua..."
Maria Cristina Vasconcelos
Brazil
Local time: 03:16
English translation:collector road/street
Explanation:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collector_roadCached - Similar
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A collector road or distributor road is a low to moderate-capacity road which serves to move traffic from local streets to arterial roads. Unlike arterials, collectors ...

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225,000 hits. See the following examples:

www.fhwa.dot.gov › HEP › Planning › StatewideCached - Similar
In rural areas, routes on the principal arterial system are subclassified as Interstate and other principal arterials; and routes on **the collector road system** are ...

Collector Road | Worlds Away
design.walkerart.org/worldsaway/Terms/CollectorRoadCached - Similar
Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes. WawHeadline. Walker Art Center, February 16 - August 17, 2008. Carnegie Museum of Art, October 4, 2008 ...

KS Statutes: Ch 68 Article 17: Major Collector Road System
kansasstatutes.lesterama.org/Chapter_68/Article_17/Cached
Browsable and searchable Kansas Statutes Annotated (K.S.A.).

Southern Collector Road
southerncollectorroad.com/Cached - Similar
PART 3. - COLLECTOR ROAD IMPACT FEES
library.municode.com/.../LADECOSECOFL_CH120ROIMFE_...CacheThe north collector road district is hereby created to include the boundaries set forth and established as described and depicted in Appendix C-2, attached ...

Collector Road Plan Unveiled for Southern Pender | WHQR
whqr.org/post/collector-road-plan-unveiled-southern-penderCached
Wilmington, NC – Regional transportation planners unveil designs for collector roads in southern Pender County at a public open house tonight, in a bid to.

www.pactsplan.org/reallybigfiles/pactscollectorfinal-1-12-0...
PACTS appropriates for their **collector road improvements** each biennium. .... During the field visits visible deficiencies for each collector road were identified, ...

City of Toronto: Transportation Services - Road Classification System
www.toronto.ca/transportation/road_class.htmCached - Similar
local road; **collector road**; minor arterial road; major arterial road; expressway. Local roads serve primarily to provide access to properties and serve a relatively ...
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Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 23:16
Grading comment
Thank you. I chose collector because the text is about urban development.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1collector road/street
Muriel Vasconcellos
4 +1feeder road
Nick Taylor


  

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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
feeder road


Explanation:
feeder road

Nick Taylor
Local time: 07:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sheryle Oliver
15 hrs
  -> thanks Sheryle
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
collector road/street


Explanation:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collector_roadCached - Similar
You +1'd this publicly. Undo
A collector road or distributor road is a low to moderate-capacity road which serves to move traffic from local streets to arterial roads. Unlike arterials, collectors ...

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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2012-01-22 04:38:40 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

225,000 hits. See the following examples:

www.fhwa.dot.gov › HEP › Planning › StatewideCached - Similar
In rural areas, routes on the principal arterial system are subclassified as Interstate and other principal arterials; and routes on **the collector road system** are ...

Collector Road | Worlds Away
design.walkerart.org/worldsaway/Terms/CollectorRoadCached - Similar
Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes. WawHeadline. Walker Art Center, February 16 - August 17, 2008. Carnegie Museum of Art, October 4, 2008 ...

KS Statutes: Ch 68 Article 17: Major Collector Road System
kansasstatutes.lesterama.org/Chapter_68/Article_17/Cached
Browsable and searchable Kansas Statutes Annotated (K.S.A.).

Southern Collector Road
southerncollectorroad.com/Cached - Similar
PART 3. - COLLECTOR ROAD IMPACT FEES
library.municode.com/.../LADECOSECOFL_CH120ROIMFE_...CacheThe north collector road district is hereby created to include the boundaries set forth and established as described and depicted in Appendix C-2, attached ...

Collector Road Plan Unveiled for Southern Pender | WHQR
whqr.org/post/collector-road-plan-unveiled-southern-penderCached
Wilmington, NC – Regional transportation planners unveil designs for collector roads in southern Pender County at a public open house tonight, in a bid to.

www.pactsplan.org/reallybigfiles/pactscollectorfinal-1-12-0...
PACTS appropriates for their **collector road improvements** each biennium. .... During the field visits visible deficiencies for each collector road were identified, ...

City of Toronto: Transportation Services - Road Classification System
www.toronto.ca/transportation/road_class.htmCached - Similar
local road; **collector road**; minor arterial road; major arterial road; expressway. Local roads serve primarily to provide access to properties and serve a relatively ...

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 23:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 44
Grading comment
Thank you. I chose collector because the text is about urban development.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sheryle Oliver: The term is technically correct, but the expression /feeder road/ is more dynamic and more usual (Google). How hard it is to choose between synonyms. In this particular ongoing process, the road /collects/cars to /feed/ to Interstate 10 or ... OK?
1 day27 mins
  -> Well, as I speak I"m looking at a map of our community that uses the term 'collector roads'. It's a pretty common term in urban development. By what criteria can you say that it's 'more dynamic and more usual'? That sounds pretty subjective to me.
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