diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/diagnostics.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/diagnostics.ts
index 8d9dd5a266..c1cc9df1f7 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/diagnostics.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/diagnostics.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
-import {AbsoluteSourceSpan, ParseSourceSpan, ParseSpan, Position} from '@angular/compiler';
+import {AbsoluteSourceSpan, ParseSourceSpan} from '@angular/compiler';
 import * as ts from 'typescript';
 
 import {getTokenAtPosition} from '../../util/src/typescript';
@@ -35,26 +35,6 @@ export interface TcbSourceResolver {
   sourceLocationToSpan(location: SourceLocation): ParseSourceSpan|null;
 }
 
-/**
- * An `AbsoluteSpan` is the result of translating the `ParseSpan` of `AST` template expression nodes
- * to their absolute positions, as the `ParseSpan` is always relative to the start of the
- * expression, not the full template.
- */
-export interface AbsoluteSpan {
-  __brand__: 'AbsoluteSpan';
-  start: number;
-  end: number;
-}
-
-/**
- * Translates a `ParseSpan` into an `AbsoluteSpan` by incorporating the location information that
- * the `ParseSourceSpan` represents.
- */
-export function toAbsoluteSpan(span: ParseSpan, sourceSpan: ParseSourceSpan): AbsoluteSpan {
-  const offset = sourceSpan.start.offset;
-  return <AbsoluteSpan>{start: span.start + offset, end: span.end + offset};
-}
-
 export function absoluteSourceSpanToSourceLocation(
     id: string, span: AbsoluteSourceSpan): SourceLocation {
   return {id, ...span};
@@ -78,20 +58,15 @@ export function wrapForDiagnostics(expr: ts.Expression): ts.Expression {
  * Adds a synthetic comment to the expression that represents the parse span of the provided node.
  * This comment can later be retrieved as trivia of a node to recover original source locations.
  */
-export function addParseSpanInfo(node: ts.Node, span: AbsoluteSpan | ParseSourceSpan): void {
+export function addParseSpanInfo(node: ts.Node, span: AbsoluteSourceSpan | ParseSourceSpan): void {
   let commentText: string;
-  if (isAbsoluteSpan(span)) {
+  if (span instanceof AbsoluteSourceSpan) {
     commentText = `${span.start},${span.end}`;
   } else {
     commentText = `${span.start.offset},${span.end.offset}`;
   }
   ts.addSyntheticTrailingComment(
-      node, ts.SyntaxKind.MultiLineCommentTrivia, commentText,
-      /* hasTrailingNewLine */ false);
-}
-
-function isAbsoluteSpan(span: AbsoluteSpan | ParseSourceSpan): span is AbsoluteSpan {
-  return typeof span.start === 'number';
+      node, ts.SyntaxKind.MultiLineCommentTrivia, commentText, /* hasTrailingNewLine */ false);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -245,18 +220,18 @@ export function makeTemplateDiagnostic(
 function findSourceLocation(node: ts.Node, sourceFile: ts.SourceFile): SourceLocation|null {
   // Search for comments until the TCB's function declaration is encountered.
   while (node !== undefined && !ts.isFunctionDeclaration(node)) {
-    const parseSpan =
+    const sourceSpan =
         ts.forEachTrailingCommentRange(sourceFile.text, node.getEnd(), (pos, end, kind) => {
           if (kind !== ts.SyntaxKind.MultiLineCommentTrivia) {
             return null;
           }
           const commentText = sourceFile.text.substring(pos, end);
-          return parseParseSpanComment(commentText);
+          return parseSourceSpanComment(commentText);
         }) || null;
-    if (parseSpan !== null) {
+    if (sourceSpan !== null) {
       // Once the positional information has been extracted, search further up the TCB to extract
       // the file information that is attached with the TCB's function declaration.
-      return toSourceLocation(parseSpan, node, sourceFile);
+      return toSourceLocation(sourceSpan, node, sourceFile);
     }
 
     node = node.parent;
@@ -266,7 +241,7 @@ function findSourceLocation(node: ts.Node, sourceFile: ts.SourceFile): SourceLoc
 }
 
 function toSourceLocation(
-    parseSpan: ParseSpan, node: ts.Node, sourceFile: ts.SourceFile): SourceLocation|null {
+    sourceSpan: AbsoluteSourceSpan, node: ts.Node, sourceFile: ts.SourceFile): SourceLocation|null {
   // Walk up to the function declaration of the TCB, the file information is attached there.
   let tcb = node;
   while (!ts.isFunctionDeclaration(tcb)) {
@@ -292,18 +267,18 @@ function toSourceLocation(
 
   return {
     id,
-    start: parseSpan.start,
-    end: parseSpan.end,
+    start: sourceSpan.start,
+    end: sourceSpan.end,
   };
 }
 
 const parseSpanComment = /^\/\*(\d+),(\d+)\*\/$/;
 
-function parseParseSpanComment(commentText: string): ParseSpan|null {
+function parseSourceSpanComment(commentText: string): AbsoluteSourceSpan|null {
   const match = commentText.match(parseSpanComment);
   if (match === null) {
     return null;
   }
 
-  return new ParseSpan(+match[1], +match[2]);
+  return new AbsoluteSourceSpan(+match[1], +match[2]);
 }
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/expression.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/expression.ts
index 7b42cef1f3..99a6365175 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/expression.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/expression.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {AST, ASTWithSource, AstVisitor, Binary, BindingPipe, Chain, Conditional, EmptyExpr, FunctionCall, ImplicitReceiver, Interpolation, KeyedRead, KeyedWrite, LiteralArray, LiteralMap, LiteralPrimitive, MethodCall, NonNullAssert, ParseSpan, PrefixNot, PropertyRead, PropertyWrite, Quote, SafeMethodCall, SafePropertyRead} from '@angular/compiler';
+import {AST, ASTWithSource, AstVisitor, Binary, BindingPipe, Chain, Conditional, EmptyExpr, FunctionCall, ImplicitReceiver, Interpolation, KeyedRead, KeyedWrite, LiteralArray, LiteralMap, LiteralPrimitive, MethodCall, NonNullAssert, PrefixNot, PropertyRead, PropertyWrite, Quote, SafeMethodCall, SafePropertyRead} from '@angular/compiler';
 import * as ts from 'typescript';
 
 import {TypeCheckingConfig} from './api';
-import {AbsoluteSpan, addParseSpanInfo, wrapForDiagnostics} from './diagnostics';
+import {addParseSpanInfo, wrapForDiagnostics} from './diagnostics';
 
 export const NULL_AS_ANY =
     ts.createAsExpression(ts.createNull(), ts.createKeywordTypeNode(ts.SyntaxKind.AnyKeyword));
@@ -41,17 +41,16 @@ const BINARY_OPS = new Map<string, ts.SyntaxKind>([
  * AST.
  */
 export function astToTypescript(
-    ast: AST, maybeResolve: (ast: AST) => (ts.Expression | null), config: TypeCheckingConfig,
-    translateSpan: (span: ParseSpan) => AbsoluteSpan): ts.Expression {
-  const translator = new AstTranslator(maybeResolve, config, translateSpan);
+    ast: AST, maybeResolve: (ast: AST) => (ts.Expression | null),
+    config: TypeCheckingConfig): ts.Expression {
+  const translator = new AstTranslator(maybeResolve, config);
   return translator.translate(ast);
 }
 
 class AstTranslator implements AstVisitor {
   constructor(
       private maybeResolve: (ast: AST) => (ts.Expression | null),
-      private config: TypeCheckingConfig,
-      private translateSpan: (span: ParseSpan) => AbsoluteSpan) {}
+      private config: TypeCheckingConfig) {}
 
   translate(ast: AST): ts.Expression {
     // Skip over an `ASTWithSource` as its `visit` method calls directly into its ast's `visit`,
@@ -82,14 +81,14 @@ class AstTranslator implements AstVisitor {
       throw new Error(`Unsupported Binary.operation: ${ast.operation}`);
     }
     const node = ts.createBinary(lhs, op as any, rhs);
-    addParseSpanInfo(node, this.translateSpan(ast.span));
+    addParseSpanInfo(node, ast.sourceSpan);
     return node;
   }
 
   visitChain(ast: Chain): ts.Expression {
     const elements = ast.expressions.map(expr => this.translate(expr));
     const node = wrapForDiagnostics(ts.createCommaList(elements));
-    addParseSpanInfo(node, this.translateSpan(ast.span));
+    addParseSpanInfo(node, ast.sourceSpan);
     return node;
   }
 
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ class AstTranslator implements AstVisitor {
     const trueExpr = this.translate(ast.trueExp);
     const falseExpr = this.translate(ast.falseExp);
     const node = ts.createParen(ts.createConditional(condExpr, trueExpr, falseExpr));
-    addParseSpanInfo(node, this.translateSpan(ast.span));
+    addParseSpanInfo(node, ast.sourceSpan);
     return node;
   }
 
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ class AstTranslator implements AstVisitor {
     const receiver = wrapForDiagnostics(this.translate(ast.target !));
     const args = ast.args.map(expr => this.translate(expr));
     const node = ts.createCall(receiver, undefined, args);
-    addParseSpanInfo(node, this.translateSpan(ast.span));
+    addParseSpanInfo(node, ast.sourceSpan);
     return node;
   }
 
@@ -127,7 +126,7 @@ class AstTranslator implements AstVisitor {
     const receiver = wrapForDiagnostics(this.translate(ast.obj));
     const key = this.translate(ast.key);
     const node = ts.createElementAccess(receiver, key);
-    addParseSpanInfo(node, this.translateSpan(ast.span));
+    addParseSpanInfo(node, ast.sourceSpan);
     return node;
   }
 
@@ -138,14 +137,14 @@ class AstTranslator implements AstVisitor {
     //  available on `ast`.
     const right = this.translate(ast.value);
     const node = wrapForDiagnostics(ts.createBinary(left, ts.SyntaxKind.EqualsToken, right));
-    addParseSpanInfo(node, this.translateSpan(ast.span));
+    addParseSpanInfo(node, ast.sourceSpan);
     return node;
   }
 
   visitLiteralArray(ast: LiteralArray): ts.Expression {
     const elements = ast.expressions.map(expr => this.translate(expr));
     const node = ts.createArrayLiteral(elements);
-    addParseSpanInfo(node, this.translateSpan(ast.span));
+    addParseSpanInfo(node, ast.sourceSpan);
     return node;
   }
 
@@ -155,7 +154,7 @@ class AstTranslator implements AstVisitor {
       return ts.createPropertyAssignment(ts.createStringLiteral(key), value);
     });
     const node = ts.createObjectLiteral(properties, true);
-    addParseSpanInfo(node, this.translateSpan(ast.span));
+    addParseSpanInfo(node, ast.sourceSpan);
     return node;
   }
 
@@ -168,7 +167,7 @@ class AstTranslator implements AstVisitor {
     } else {
       node = ts.createLiteral(ast.value);
     }
-    addParseSpanInfo(node, this.translateSpan(ast.span));
+    addParseSpanInfo(node, ast.sourceSpan);
     return node;
   }
 
@@ -177,14 +176,14 @@ class AstTranslator implements AstVisitor {
     const method = ts.createPropertyAccess(receiver, ast.name);
     const args = ast.args.map(expr => this.translate(expr));
     const node = ts.createCall(method, undefined, args);
-    addParseSpanInfo(node, this.translateSpan(ast.span));
+    addParseSpanInfo(node, ast.sourceSpan);
     return node;
   }
 
   visitNonNullAssert(ast: NonNullAssert): ts.Expression {
     const expr = wrapForDiagnostics(this.translate(ast.expression));
     const node = ts.createNonNullExpression(expr);
-    addParseSpanInfo(node, this.translateSpan(ast.span));
+    addParseSpanInfo(node, ast.sourceSpan);
     return node;
   }
 
@@ -193,7 +192,7 @@ class AstTranslator implements AstVisitor {
   visitPrefixNot(ast: PrefixNot): ts.Expression {
     const expression = wrapForDiagnostics(this.translate(ast.expression));
     const node = ts.createLogicalNot(expression);
-    addParseSpanInfo(node, this.translateSpan(ast.span));
+    addParseSpanInfo(node, ast.sourceSpan);
     return node;
   }
 
@@ -202,7 +201,7 @@ class AstTranslator implements AstVisitor {
     // TypeScript expression to read the property.
     const receiver = wrapForDiagnostics(this.translate(ast.receiver));
     const node = ts.createPropertyAccess(receiver, ast.name);
-    addParseSpanInfo(node, this.translateSpan(ast.span));
+    addParseSpanInfo(node, ast.sourceSpan);
     return node;
   }
 
@@ -213,7 +212,7 @@ class AstTranslator implements AstVisitor {
     //  available on `ast`.
     const right = this.translate(ast.value);
     const node = wrapForDiagnostics(ts.createBinary(left, ts.SyntaxKind.EqualsToken, right));
-    addParseSpanInfo(node, this.translateSpan(ast.span));
+    addParseSpanInfo(node, ast.sourceSpan);
     return node;
   }
 
@@ -228,7 +227,7 @@ class AstTranslator implements AstVisitor {
     const expr = ts.createCall(method, undefined, args);
     const whenNull = this.config.strictSafeNavigationTypes ? UNDEFINED : NULL_AS_ANY;
     const node = safeTernary(receiver, expr, whenNull);
-    addParseSpanInfo(node, this.translateSpan(ast.span));
+    addParseSpanInfo(node, ast.sourceSpan);
     return node;
   }
 
@@ -241,7 +240,7 @@ class AstTranslator implements AstVisitor {
     const expr = ts.createPropertyAccess(ts.createNonNullExpression(receiver), ast.name);
     const whenNull = this.config.strictSafeNavigationTypes ? UNDEFINED : NULL_AS_ANY;
     const node = safeTernary(receiver, expr, whenNull);
-    addParseSpanInfo(node, this.translateSpan(ast.span));
+    addParseSpanInfo(node, ast.sourceSpan);
     return node;
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/oob.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/oob.ts
index 3cd5b21fa1..8b22433bbb 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/oob.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/oob.ts
@@ -44,15 +44,11 @@ export interface OutOfBandDiagnosticRecorder {
    * @param templateId the template type-checking ID of the template which contains the unknown
    * pipe.
    * @param ast the `BindingPipe` invocation of the pipe which could not be found.
-   * @param sourceSpan the `AbsoluteSourceSpan` of the pipe invocation (ideally, this should be the
-   * source span of the pipe's name). This depends on the source span of the `BindingPipe` itself
-   * plus span of the larger expression context.
    */
-  missingPipe(templateId: string, ast: BindingPipe, sourceSpan: AbsoluteSourceSpan): void;
+  missingPipe(templateId: string, ast: BindingPipe): void;
 
   illegalAssignmentToTemplateVar(
-      templateId: string, assignment: PropertyWrite, assignmentSpan: AbsoluteSourceSpan,
-      target: TmplAstVariable): void;
+      templateId: string, assignment: PropertyWrite, target: TmplAstVariable): void;
 }
 
 export class OutOfBandDiagnosticRecorderImpl implements OutOfBandDiagnosticRecorder {
@@ -72,11 +68,11 @@ export class OutOfBandDiagnosticRecorderImpl implements OutOfBandDiagnosticRecor
         ngErrorCode(ErrorCode.MISSING_REFERENCE_TARGET), errorMsg));
   }
 
-  missingPipe(templateId: string, ast: BindingPipe, absSpan: AbsoluteSourceSpan): void {
+  missingPipe(templateId: string, ast: BindingPipe): void {
     const mapping = this.resolver.getSourceMapping(templateId);
     const errorMsg = `No pipe found with name '${ast.name}'.`;
 
-    const location = absoluteSourceSpanToSourceLocation(templateId, absSpan);
+    const location = absoluteSourceSpanToSourceLocation(templateId, ast.nameSpan);
     const sourceSpan = this.resolver.sourceLocationToSpan(location);
     if (sourceSpan === null) {
       throw new Error(
@@ -88,13 +84,12 @@ export class OutOfBandDiagnosticRecorderImpl implements OutOfBandDiagnosticRecor
   }
 
   illegalAssignmentToTemplateVar(
-      templateId: string, assignment: PropertyWrite, assignmentSpan: AbsoluteSourceSpan,
-      target: TmplAstVariable): void {
+      templateId: string, assignment: PropertyWrite, target: TmplAstVariable): void {
     const mapping = this.resolver.getSourceMapping(templateId);
     const errorMsg =
         `Cannot use variable '${assignment.name}' as the left-hand side of an assignment expression. Template variables are read-only.`;
 
-    const location = absoluteSourceSpanToSourceLocation(templateId, assignmentSpan);
+    const location = absoluteSourceSpanToSourceLocation(templateId, assignment.sourceSpan);
     const sourceSpan = this.resolver.sourceLocationToSpan(location);
     if (sourceSpan === null) {
       throw new Error(`Assertion failure: no SourceLocation found for property binding.`);
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/template_semantics.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/template_semantics.ts
index 24a294bca3..b9c0235a60 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/template_semantics.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/template_semantics.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {AST, BoundTarget, ImplicitReceiver, ParseSourceSpan, PropertyWrite, RecursiveAstVisitor, TmplAstVariable} from '@angular/compiler';
+import {AST, BoundTarget, ImplicitReceiver, PropertyWrite, RecursiveAstVisitor, TmplAstVariable} from '@angular/compiler';
 
-import {toAbsoluteSpan} from './diagnostics';
 import {OutOfBandDiagnosticRecorder} from './oob';
 
 /**
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ import {OutOfBandDiagnosticRecorder} from './oob';
 export class ExpressionSemanticVisitor extends RecursiveAstVisitor {
   constructor(
       private templateId: string, private boundTarget: BoundTarget<any>,
-      private oob: OutOfBandDiagnosticRecorder, private sourceSpan: ParseSourceSpan) {
+      private oob: OutOfBandDiagnosticRecorder) {
     super();
   }
 
@@ -31,14 +30,12 @@ export class ExpressionSemanticVisitor extends RecursiveAstVisitor {
     const target = this.boundTarget.getExpressionTarget(ast);
     if (target instanceof TmplAstVariable) {
       // Template variables are read-only.
-      const astSpan = toAbsoluteSpan(ast.span, this.sourceSpan);
-      this.oob.illegalAssignmentToTemplateVar(this.templateId, ast, astSpan, target);
+      this.oob.illegalAssignmentToTemplateVar(this.templateId, ast, target);
     }
   }
 
   static visit(
-      ast: AST, sourceSpan: ParseSourceSpan, id: string, boundTarget: BoundTarget<any>,
-      oob: OutOfBandDiagnosticRecorder): void {
-    ast.visit(new ExpressionSemanticVisitor(id, boundTarget, oob, sourceSpan));
+      ast: AST, id: string, boundTarget: BoundTarget<any>, oob: OutOfBandDiagnosticRecorder): void {
+    ast.visit(new ExpressionSemanticVisitor(id, boundTarget, oob));
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_check_block.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_check_block.ts
index 802dc61b12..6d52d5afbd 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_check_block.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_check_block.ts
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {AST, BindingPipe, BindingType, BoundTarget, DYNAMIC_TYPE, ImplicitReceiver, MethodCall, ParseSourceSpan, ParseSpan, ParsedEventType, PropertyRead, PropertyWrite, SchemaMetadata, TmplAstBoundAttribute, TmplAstBoundEvent, TmplAstBoundText, TmplAstElement, TmplAstNode, TmplAstReference, TmplAstTemplate, TmplAstTextAttribute, TmplAstVariable} from '@angular/compiler';
+import {AST, BindingPipe, BindingType, BoundTarget, DYNAMIC_TYPE, ImplicitReceiver, MethodCall, ParseSourceSpan, ParsedEventType, PropertyRead, PropertyWrite, SchemaMetadata, TmplAstBoundAttribute, TmplAstBoundEvent, TmplAstBoundText, TmplAstElement, TmplAstNode, TmplAstReference, TmplAstTemplate, TmplAstTextAttribute, TmplAstVariable} from '@angular/compiler';
 import * as ts from 'typescript';
 
 import {Reference} from '../../imports';
 import {ClassDeclaration} from '../../reflection';
 
 import {TypeCheckBlockMetadata, TypeCheckableDirectiveMeta} from './api';
-import {addParseSpanInfo, addSourceId, toAbsoluteSpan, wrapForDiagnostics} from './diagnostics';
+import {addParseSpanInfo, addSourceId, wrapForDiagnostics} from './diagnostics';
 import {DomSchemaChecker} from './dom';
 import {Environment} from './environment';
 import {NULL_AS_ANY, astToTypescript} from './expression';
@@ -215,9 +215,7 @@ class TcbTemplateBodyOp extends TcbOp {
                       i instanceof TmplAstBoundAttribute && i.name === guard.inputName);
           if (boundInput !== undefined) {
             // If there is such a binding, generate an expression for it.
-            const expr = tcbExpression(
-                boundInput.value, this.tcb, this.scope,
-                boundInput.valueSpan || boundInput.sourceSpan);
+            const expr = tcbExpression(boundInput.value, this.tcb, this.scope);
 
             if (guard.type === 'binding') {
               // Use the binding expression itself as guard.
@@ -229,8 +227,7 @@ class TcbTemplateBodyOp extends TcbOp {
                 dirInstId,
                 expr,
               ]);
-              addParseSpanInfo(
-                  guardInvoke, toAbsoluteSpan(boundInput.value.span, boundInput.sourceSpan));
+              addParseSpanInfo(guardInvoke, boundInput.value.sourceSpan);
               directiveGuards.push(guardInvoke);
             }
           }
@@ -281,7 +278,7 @@ class TcbTextInterpolationOp extends TcbOp {
   }
 
   execute(): null {
-    const expr = tcbExpression(this.binding.value, this.tcb, this.scope, this.binding.sourceSpan);
+    const expr = tcbExpression(this.binding.value, this.tcb, this.scope);
     this.scope.addStatement(ts.createExpressionStatement(expr));
     return null;
   }
@@ -400,8 +397,7 @@ class TcbUnclaimedInputsOp extends TcbOp {
         continue;
       }
 
-      let expr = tcbExpression(
-          binding.value, this.tcb, this.scope, binding.valueSpan || binding.sourceSpan);
+      let expr = tcbExpression(binding.value, this.tcb, this.scope);
       if (!this.tcb.env.config.checkTypeOfInputBindings) {
         // If checking the type of bindings is disabled, cast the resulting expression to 'any'
         // before the assignment.
@@ -494,8 +490,7 @@ class TcbDirectiveOutputsOp extends TcbOp {
       }
 
       ExpressionSemanticVisitor.visit(
-          output.handler, output.handlerSpan, this.tcb.id, this.tcb.boundTarget,
-          this.tcb.oobRecorder);
+          output.handler, this.tcb.id, this.tcb.boundTarget, this.tcb.oobRecorder);
     }
 
     return null;
@@ -556,8 +551,7 @@ class TcbUnclaimedOutputsOp extends TcbOp {
       }
 
       ExpressionSemanticVisitor.visit(
-          output.handler, output.handlerSpan, this.tcb.id, this.tcb.boundTarget,
-          this.tcb.oobRecorder);
+          output.handler, this.tcb.id, this.tcb.boundTarget, this.tcb.oobRecorder);
     }
 
     return null;
@@ -949,23 +943,19 @@ function tcbCtxParam(
  * Process an `AST` expression and convert it into a `ts.Expression`, generating references to the
  * correct identifiers in the current scope.
  */
-function tcbExpression(
-    ast: AST, tcb: Context, scope: Scope, sourceSpan: ParseSourceSpan): ts.Expression {
-  const translator = new TcbExpressionTranslator(tcb, scope, sourceSpan);
+function tcbExpression(ast: AST, tcb: Context, scope: Scope): ts.Expression {
+  const translator = new TcbExpressionTranslator(tcb, scope);
   return translator.translate(ast);
 }
 
 class TcbExpressionTranslator {
-  constructor(
-      protected tcb: Context, protected scope: Scope, protected sourceSpan: ParseSourceSpan) {}
+  constructor(protected tcb: Context, protected scope: Scope) {}
 
   translate(ast: AST): ts.Expression {
     // `astToTypescript` actually does the conversion. A special resolver `tcbResolve` is passed
     // which interprets specific expression nodes that interact with the `ImplicitReceiver`. These
     // nodes actually refer to identifiers within the current scope.
-    return astToTypescript(
-        ast, ast => this.resolve(ast), this.tcb.env.config,
-        (span: ParseSpan) => toAbsoluteSpan(span, this.sourceSpan));
+    return astToTypescript(ast, ast => this.resolve(ast), this.tcb.env.config);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -989,7 +979,7 @@ class TcbExpressionTranslator {
 
       const expr = this.translate(ast.value);
       const result = ts.createParen(ts.createBinary(target, ts.SyntaxKind.EqualsToken, expr));
-      addParseSpanInfo(result, toAbsoluteSpan(ast.span, this.sourceSpan));
+      addParseSpanInfo(result, ast.sourceSpan);
       return result;
     } else if (ast instanceof ImplicitReceiver) {
       // AST instances representing variables and references look very similar to property reads
@@ -1012,8 +1002,7 @@ class TcbExpressionTranslator {
         pipe = this.tcb.getPipeByName(ast.name);
         if (pipe === null) {
           // No pipe by that name exists in scope. Record this as an error.
-          const nameAbsoluteSpan = toAbsoluteSpan(ast.nameSpan, this.sourceSpan);
-          this.tcb.oobRecorder.missingPipe(this.tcb.id, ast, nameAbsoluteSpan);
+          this.tcb.oobRecorder.missingPipe(this.tcb.id, ast);
 
           // Return an 'any' value to at least allow the rest of the expression to be checked.
           pipe = NULL_AS_ANY;
@@ -1024,7 +1013,7 @@ class TcbExpressionTranslator {
       }
       const args = ast.args.map(arg => this.translate(arg));
       const result = tsCallMethod(pipe, 'transform', [expr, ...args]);
-      addParseSpanInfo(result, toAbsoluteSpan(ast.span, this.sourceSpan));
+      addParseSpanInfo(result, ast.sourceSpan);
       return result;
     } else if (ast instanceof MethodCall && ast.receiver instanceof ImplicitReceiver) {
       // Resolve the special `$any(expr)` syntax to insert a cast of the argument to type `any`.
@@ -1033,7 +1022,7 @@ class TcbExpressionTranslator {
         const exprAsAny =
             ts.createAsExpression(expr, ts.createKeywordTypeNode(ts.SyntaxKind.AnyKeyword));
         const result = ts.createParen(exprAsAny);
-        addParseSpanInfo(result, toAbsoluteSpan(ast.span, this.sourceSpan));
+        addParseSpanInfo(result, ast.sourceSpan);
         return result;
       }
 
@@ -1049,7 +1038,7 @@ class TcbExpressionTranslator {
       const method = ts.createPropertyAccess(wrapForDiagnostics(receiver), ast.name);
       const args = ast.args.map(arg => this.translate(arg));
       const node = ts.createCall(method, undefined, args);
-      addParseSpanInfo(node, toAbsoluteSpan(ast.span, this.sourceSpan));
+      addParseSpanInfo(node, ast.sourceSpan);
       return node;
     } else {
       // This AST isn't special after all.
@@ -1071,7 +1060,7 @@ class TcbExpressionTranslator {
     // This expression has a binding to some variable or reference in the template. Resolve it.
     if (binding instanceof TmplAstVariable) {
       const expr = ts.getMutableClone(this.scope.resolve(binding));
-      addParseSpanInfo(expr, toAbsoluteSpan(ast.span, this.sourceSpan));
+      addParseSpanInfo(expr, ast.sourceSpan);
       return expr;
     } else if (binding instanceof TmplAstReference) {
       const target = this.tcb.boundTarget.getReferenceTarget(binding);
@@ -1092,7 +1081,7 @@ class TcbExpressionTranslator {
         }
 
         const expr = ts.getMutableClone(this.scope.resolve(target));
-        addParseSpanInfo(expr, toAbsoluteSpan(ast.span, this.sourceSpan));
+        addParseSpanInfo(expr, ast.sourceSpan);
         return expr;
       } else if (target instanceof TmplAstTemplate) {
         if (!this.tcb.env.config.checkTypeOfNonDomReferences) {
@@ -1109,7 +1098,7 @@ class TcbExpressionTranslator {
             value,
             this.tcb.env.referenceExternalType('@angular/core', 'TemplateRef', [DYNAMIC_TYPE]));
         value = ts.createParen(value);
-        addParseSpanInfo(value, toAbsoluteSpan(ast.span, this.sourceSpan));
+        addParseSpanInfo(value, ast.sourceSpan);
         return value;
       } else {
         if (!this.tcb.env.config.checkTypeOfNonDomReferences) {
@@ -1118,7 +1107,7 @@ class TcbExpressionTranslator {
         }
 
         const expr = ts.getMutableClone(this.scope.resolve(target.node, target.directive));
-        addParseSpanInfo(expr, toAbsoluteSpan(ast.span, this.sourceSpan));
+        addParseSpanInfo(expr, ast.sourceSpan);
         return expr;
       }
     } else {
@@ -1236,7 +1225,7 @@ function tcbGetDirectiveInputs(
     let expr: ts.Expression;
     if (attr instanceof TmplAstBoundAttribute) {
       // Produce an expression representing the value of the binding.
-      expr = tcbExpression(attr.value, tcb, scope, attr.valueSpan || attr.sourceSpan);
+      expr = tcbExpression(attr.value, tcb, scope);
     } else {
       // For regular attributes with a static string value, use the represented string literal.
       expr = ts.createStringLiteral(attr.value);
@@ -1275,7 +1264,7 @@ const enum EventParamType {
 function tcbCreateEventHandler(
     event: TmplAstBoundEvent, tcb: Context, scope: Scope,
     eventType: EventParamType | ts.TypeNode): ts.ArrowFunction {
-  const handler = tcbEventHandlerExpression(event.handler, tcb, scope, event.handlerSpan);
+  const handler = tcbEventHandlerExpression(event.handler, tcb, scope);
 
   let eventParamType: ts.TypeNode|undefined;
   if (eventType === EventParamType.Infer) {
@@ -1307,9 +1296,8 @@ function tcbCreateEventHandler(
  * `ts.Expression`, with special handling of the `$event` variable that can be used within event
  * bindings.
  */
-function tcbEventHandlerExpression(
-    ast: AST, tcb: Context, scope: Scope, sourceSpan: ParseSourceSpan): ts.Expression {
-  const translator = new TcbEventHandlerTranslator(tcb, scope, sourceSpan);
+function tcbEventHandlerExpression(ast: AST, tcb: Context, scope: Scope): ts.Expression {
+  const translator = new TcbEventHandlerTranslator(tcb, scope);
   return translator.translate(ast);
 }
 
@@ -1322,7 +1310,7 @@ class TcbEventHandlerTranslator extends TcbExpressionTranslator {
     if (ast instanceof PropertyRead && ast.receiver instanceof ImplicitReceiver &&
         ast.name === EVENT_PARAMETER) {
       const event = ts.createIdentifier(EVENT_PARAMETER);
-      addParseSpanInfo(event, toAbsoluteSpan(ast.span, this.sourceSpan));
+      addParseSpanInfo(event, ast.sourceSpan);
       return event;
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/expression_parser/ast.ts b/packages/compiler/src/expression_parser/ast.ts
index 2b7052e791..f5ea683083 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/expression_parser/ast.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/expression_parser/ast.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export class AST {
       /**
        * Absolute location of the expression AST in a source code file.
        */
-      public sourceSpan: Readonly<AbsoluteSourceSpan>) {}
+      public sourceSpan: AbsoluteSourceSpan) {}
   visit(visitor: AstVisitor, context: any = null): any { return null; }
   toString(): string { return 'AST'; }
 }
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ export class KeyedWrite extends AST {
 export class BindingPipe extends AST {
   constructor(
       span: ParseSpan, sourceSpan: AbsoluteSourceSpan, public exp: AST, public name: string,
-      public args: any[], public nameSpan: ParseSpan) {
+      public args: any[], public nameSpan: AbsoluteSourceSpan) {
     super(span, sourceSpan);
   }
   visit(visitor: AstVisitor, context: any = null): any { return visitor.visitPipe(this, context); }
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/expression_parser/parser.ts b/packages/compiler/src/expression_parser/parser.ts
index 9e0205bd9e..23d804d19b 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/expression_parser/parser.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/expression_parser/parser.ts
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ export class _ParseAST {
       do {
         const nameStart = this.inputIndex;
         const name = this.expectIdentifierOrKeyword();
-        const nameSpan = this.span(nameStart);
+        const nameSpan = this.sourceSpan(nameStart);
         const args: AST[] = [];
         while (this.optionalCharacter(chars.$COLON)) {
           args.push(this.parseExpression());