overpass

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The clearance for the overpass is 14 feet 7 inches.

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  1. noun A passage, roadway, or bridge that crosses above another roadway or thoroughfare.
  2. transitive verb To pass over or across; traverse.
  3. transitive verb To go beyond; surpass.

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  • The light was coming up gray beyond the overpass, and illuminated the filthy, haggard face enough to remind Kurtz of carved wooden statues of Jesus he had seen in Mexico. —  Dan Simmons - Hardcase
  • Grandpa got Brenda to lower her head so she could pass under the highway overpass, then the parade entered the show site. —  FSF,July2008
  • The car was parked beside one of the support pillars of the overpass, and the pillar blocked her from view until he was already on the ramp and accelerating. —  Lunatics
  • The Moon hung low over the I-35 overpass, and the sight of it gave Katy a chill. —  Lunatics
  • Traffic whizzed by on the overpass, the access road, and Seventh Street. —  Lunatics
 

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/oʊvərˈpæs/
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