överdäckning

English translation: street overbuild

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Swedish term or phrase:överdäckning
English translation:street overbuild
Entered by: Michele Fauble

19:17 Aug 22, 2006
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Architecture / Roads and Hospitals
Swedish term or phrase: överdäckning
A large hospital is to be biult and part of the street may have to be covered. The word used was "överdäckning." What is the best English word for this`?
Paul Lambert
Sweden
Local time: 06:40
street overbuild
Explanation:
'street overbuild' or 'covered street'
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Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 21:40
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3 +1street overbuild
Michele Fauble
2building overpass
John Kennedy


  

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street overbuild


Explanation:
'street overbuild' or 'covered street'

Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 21:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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building overpass


Explanation:
"and a building overpass may have to be constructed over part of the street"
A building overpass is a structure connecting two separate buildings over a road or other open area, which is straddled by a complex of buildings such as a hospital. It may include, for example, office space as well as serving as a throughway between the buildings.

John Kennedy
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:40
Native speaker of: English
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