overpass
pronunciation
How to pronounce overpass in British English:
UK [ˈəʊvəpɑːs]
How to pronounce overpass in American English:
US [ˈoʊvərpæs]
-
- Noun:
- bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels
Word Origin
- overpass (n.)
- "stretch of road that passes over another," 1929, American English, from over- + pass (v.). + Overpass has been a verb since late 13c.
Example
- 1. A lone vehicle passes a train overpass mangled by the recent earthquake in fukushima prefecture , japan , on march 12 .
- 2. Meanwhile , authorities say the girders of an overpass that was under construction in southeastern bangladesh have collapsed , killing at least 11 people .
- 3. Tian and his family , together with those survivors who could move on their own , were told to go back and forth along the railway several times , until a slope that led to the farmland beneath the overpass was found .
- 4. While west exchange street is now conventional asphalt , akron 's rubber road lives on nearby in a more-modern incarnation . The pedestrian walkway along the ohio & erie canal ( shown above ) is made of crumb rubber and runs beneath the exchange street overpass .