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Trasse

planned or existing infrastructure corridor

noun TRAS-uh Rare
Travel & Places Directions

Origin: from French tracé

Also means

route line (road, rail, pipeline)

Usage Note

Trasse refers to the physical strip of land reserved for a road, railway, or pipeline, as well as its planned route. Eine neue Trasse legen means to lay out a new corridor. Frequent in infrastructure news.

Examples

"Die Trasse der geplanten Hochgeschwindigkeitsstrecke verläuft durch das Tal."

Natural Translation

The corridor of the planned high-speed line runs through the valley.

Literal Translation

The route-strip of-the planned high-speed-stretch runs through the valley.

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