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GRADE-SEPARATED INTERCHANGE [2 records]

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Record 1 2011-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mass Transit
DEF

The portion of a trip between two connecting transit routes, both of which are used for completion of the trip.

OBS

interchange :[The term] "interchange" is used in this sense in Great Britain. It can also refer to a system of interconnecting ramps between grade-separated highways.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports en commun
CONT

Le privilège de la correspondance sur le réseau de la CTCUM [Commission de transport de la Communauté urbaine de Montréal] est accordé à celui qui doit emprunter plus d'un véhicule pour effectuer un trajet unique et ininterrompu par la route la plus directe et la plus courte.

OBS

rupture de charge : Le terme «rupture de charge» a deux sens; du point de vue du voyageur, il s'agit d'un changement de véhicule, ou de mode de transport, auquel le voyageur doit se soumettre, faute de ligne directe, pour aller du point d'origine au point de destination de son déplacement. Pour le transporteur, c'est la variation brutale du flux de voyageurs transportés consécutive, le plus souvent, à l'utilisation d'une correspondance entre les lignes d'un même mode de transport ou de deux modes différents, ou à l'arrivée à un pôle d'attraction très important.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Freeways and Expressways
  • Road Networks
DEF

A road network which allows the passage from one road to another or to several other roads or carriage ways without crossing at grade.

OBS

"Cloverleaf" which is often confused with "interchange", is a special type of interchange, in fact the most common one.

OBS

Note that an intersection is an exchange point at grade level; an interchange is needed when roads cross at different levels.

OBS

grade-separated interchange : term and definition proposed by the World Road Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Autoroutes et voies rapides
  • Réseaux routiers
DEF

Dispositif de raccordement de plusieurs voies routières (routes et autoroutes) ne comportant aucun croisement à niveau.

OBS

échangeur : terme proposé par l'Association mondiale de la Route.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Autopistas y vías rápidas
  • Redes viales
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