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Overpass - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Access, Aisle, Alley, Ambulatory, Aperture, Arcade, Artery, Avenue, Best, Better, Bridge, Cap, Carrefour, Catwalk, Channel, Cloister, Cloverleaf, Colonnade, Communication, Connection, Corridor, Course
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Overpass in East Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.

An overpass (In UK, India, Hong Kong flyover) is a bridge, road or similar structure that crosses over another road.

In North America, a flyover is a high-level overpass, built above main overpass lanes, or a bridge built over what had been a one-level intersection.

From the railway's point of wiew, the structure in the picture is an underbridge.

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