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ROUTE DETOURNEE [1 record]

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Record 1 1991-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Networks
  • Road Construction
DEF

a secluded, round-about, or little traveled road: side road (along the stretch of sandy creek-road and thence by the rough ill-tended county byway to the main road).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réseaux routiers
  • Construction des voies de circulation
DEF

division d'une chose principale (...) voie de communication (...) en une ou plusieurs autres secondaires.

Spanish

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