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Portuguese term or phrase:
banquetas de proteção
English translation:
safety berm
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Lilian Magalhães
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banquetas de proteção
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construção
Sinalização de Pontaletes com película refletiva nos dois lados, com espaçamento de 20 m (nas curvas o espaçamento deve ser menor) em cima das banquetas de proteção ou delimitando a pista:
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safety berm
I think it's using "banqueta" in the sense of "bench" or "berm" as used in excavation and earthworks applications.
Safety berms. No safety berms where road runs on an embankment (fill area) or berms too small.
www.informaworld.com/index/777785684.pdf
This results in severe soil loss from roadway surfaces, ditches, cut slopes, outslopes, and safety berms.
http://tinyurl.com/mjwvf5
Safety berms. No safety berms where road runs on an embankment (fill area) or berms too small.
www.informaworld.com/index/777785684.pdf
This results in severe soil loss from roadway surfaces, ditches, cut slopes, outslopes, and safety berms.
http://tinyurl.com/mjwvf5
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