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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.
1951 May, “Track Layout at Euston”, in Railway Magazine, page 290:No major platform improvements have been possible in the past because the piers of an overbridge at the north end of the station prevented respacing of the tracks.
1979 August, Michael Harris, “A line for all reasons: the North Yorkshire Moors Railway”, in Railway World, page 412:On the subject of permanent structures, the NYMR has Grosmont Tunnel (lined throughout), but only five overbridges, three of the last-named being the County Councils's reponsibility for repair.
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.
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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.