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over_bridge

over bridge

See also: overbridge

English

Noun

over bridge (plural over bridges)

  1. Alternative form of overbridge
    • 1856, Ivor Waters, Brunel's Tubular Suspension Bridge Over the River Wye, page 27:
      Down line over bridge completed 19th July 1852. Up line over bridge completed 18th April 1853.
    • 2001, M. J. Ryall, Bridge Management, ISBN 075065077X, page 267:
      The existing central pier could remain in service for construction of a new over bridge on-line.
    • 2008, Ponnuswamy, Bridge Engineering, ISBN 0070656959, page 637:
      Grade separator at a railway crossing can be either a road over bridge (ROB) with the road flying over the rail line or a road under bridge (RUB) with the rail line passing over the road.