underbridge

== English == === Etymology === From under- +‎ bridge. === Pronunciation === === Noun === underbridge (plural underbridges) (British) A bridge that allows traffic to pass under a road, river, railway etc. The underneath of a bridge. ==== Usage notes ==== Where a bridge takes one form of transport over another it is both an underbridge and an overbridge, 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 === overbridge === References === “underbridge”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.