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Overbridge vs Underpass - What's the difference?

overbridge | underpass |

As nouns the difference between overbridge and underpass

is that overbridge is a bridge that allows traffic to pass over a road, river, railway etc while underpass is a road or a pedestrian passage in a tunnel that runs underneath a road or railroad.

overbridge

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (British) A bridge that allows traffic to pass over a road, river, railway etc.

    • Usage notes

    Where a bridge takes one form of transport over another it is both an overbridge and an underbridge, depending on the reference level. For example, where a road passes above a railway, the bridge is an overbridge from the point of view of the railway and an underbridge from the point of view of the road.

    See also

    *underbridge *overpass

    underpass

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A road or a pedestrian passage in a tunnel that runs underneath a road or railroad.

    • Synonyms

    * subway (UK)

    Related terms

    * overpass