flyover

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Chief Minister Mayawati, who visited the spot for five minutes after the accident, blamed the central government since the flyover is a central government funded project.

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  1. noun A flight over a specific location, usually at low altitude, as by a formation of military aircraft.
  2. noun Chiefly British An overpass, as on a highway.

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  • A flyover was all Rosa, Syradok, or Codari had authorized. —  AnalogSFF,September2007
  • The Hindu that a study found that traffic in the evenings from Raj Bhavan to Madhya Kailash was not very heavy and that one lane on the flyover should be able to take the traffic. —  The Hindu - Front Page
  • Chicago is barely audible and the flyover was about a minute premature. —  MVN
  • Police received calls about a man who had pulled over and apparently was walking around on the overpass, which also is called a flyover, a Waco police spokeswoman said. —  wacotrib - Latest News Headlines
  • Chief Minister Mayawati, who visited the spot for five minutes after the accident, blamed the central government since the flyover is a central government funded project. —  India eNews
 

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