Trassenführung

route alignment, road or rail corridor layout

noun TRAS-en-fue-roong Rare

Usage Note

Trassenführung is a planning term for the chosen alignment of a new road, railway, or pipeline. It appears in infrastructure debates: die geplante Trassenführung durch das Naturschutzgebiet (the planned alignment through the nature reserve).

Examples

"Die Trassenführung der neuen Umgehungsstraße ist noch nicht endgültig festgelegt."

Natural Translation

The route alignment of the new bypass road has not yet been finalised.

Literal Translation

The route-alignment of-the new bypass-road is still not finally fixed.

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