English translation of "Brückenkegel" - "bridge abutment landscaping"

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187 months ago

Bettina In der Wische (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	German > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	Brückenkegel
Context:	Projekt: Erosionssicherung/Begrünungshilfe Brückenkegel
Keywords:	siehe Kontext, Begrünung und Festigung von Abhängen

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187 months ago

Robert Tucker wrote:

bridge abutment landscaping

My comment:

I f you go to:

http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&expIds=17259,25228,26637,27113,27196,27356,27360&sugexp=ldymls&xhr=t&q=bridge+construction+landscaping&cp=20&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1280&bih=797

and hover over this image:

http://www.iowadot.gov/i-235/images/landscaping_bridge_5-05.jpg

you see the words "Bridge abutment landscaping".

Compare with "Brückenkegel Nordbörschung" and "Erosionssicherung/Begrünungshilfe Brückenkegel (Betonrecycling)" on:

http://www.geotex-gmbh.de/docs/geotex.pdf

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187 months ago

wrote:

bridge abutments sind Brückenwiderlager und beschreiben nicht den Brückenkegel

187 months ago

Robert Tucker wrote:

I admit Brückenwiderlager wasn't hitherto in my German vocabulary - but I think what is being referred to here is the landscaping around the (end) abutment of a bridge.

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