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the overpasses

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A section of a road or path that crosses over an obstacle, especially another road, railway, etc.

  • The homeless man had built a little shelter, complete with cook-stove, beneath a concrete overpass.

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The overpasses that had brought us from Mecca to Mina looped over the tents.

Some of the overpasses that were introduced to speed up traffic flow have since been dismantled.

The overpasses were made high enough so that ballistic missiles could be transported beneath them.

Engineers shortened the overpasses over the sunken freeway, making it much easier for pedestrians to reach the river from downtown.

In addition to the overpasses, the collaborative organizations worked together to create six underpasses along the same stretch of highway.

BuzzFeed had a pictorial on the "Overpasses for Obama's Impeachment" fad, where people hold up homemade signs on overpasses.

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What about the man on the overpass?

Drifters sometimes sleep under the overpass.

Opponents call the overpass "the bridge to nowhere".

Below, on the overpass, a crowd had gathered.

The slabs toppled from the overpass shortly after 9 p.m.

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