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An overpass, called an overbridge or flyover (for a road only) in the United Kingdom and some other Commonwealth countries, is a bridge, road, railway or similar structure that is over another road or railway. An overpass and underpass together form a grade separation. [1] Stack interchanges are made up of several overpasses.
The project, slated to cost $1.8 billion overall, was the largest single infrastructure project in the history of Saskatchewan. [4] The bypass is owned on behalf of the public by the Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure with design, construction, operations, and long-term maintenance performed by the Regina Bypass Partners.
In civil engineering, clearance refers to the difference between the loading gauge and the structure gauge in the case of railroad cars or trams, or the difference between the size of any vehicle and the width/height of doors, the width/height of an overpass or the diameter of a tunnel as well as the air draft under a bridge, the width of a lock or diameter of a tunnel in the case of watercraft.
In Ontario, examples include the Donald Cousens Parkway (formerly named the Markham Bypass from 2004 to 2006) and the Box Grove Bypass in the city of Markham; and in Toronto a section of Highway 401 was called the Toronto Bypass in the 1950s when the highway was built as a bypass of Highway 2, Ontario Highway 2A which was built to bypass Highway 2 between Toronto and Newcastle, and the ...
Two additional studies — prompted by local residents’ environmental concerns — have delayed a planned overpass project in Hammond by between four and six months, project manager Nick Batta ...
Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C., is a roundabout interchange between several local roads including Connecticut Avenue, NW, which passes underneath the roundabout. Washington Circle, in Foggy Bottom, Washington, D.C., is another example of a roundabout interchange similar to the one in Dupont Circle. Here, K Street traverses beneath the ...
The resulting Highway 404/89 Route Location Study, published in 1989, confirmed the need for a "Provincial facility north of Bradford linking Highway 400 to the future Highway 404 Extension." [ 9 ] [ 22 ] Highway 404 was itself opened as far north as Davis Drive (York Regional Road 31) on October 24, 1989; the proposed extension largely ...
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