overbridge
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== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From over- + bridge.
=== Noun ===
overbridge (plural overbridges)
(British) A bridge that allows traffic to pass over a road, river, railway etc.
Coordinate terms: overpass, flyover, underbridge, occupation bridge
==== 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.
=== Verb ===
overbridge (third-person singular simple present overbridges, present participle overbridging, simple past and past participle overbridged)
(transitive) To form a bridge over; to overarch.