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A footbridge (also a pedestrian bridge, pedestrian overpass, or pedestrian overcrossing) is a bridge designed solely for pedestrians. [1] While the primary meaning for a bridge is a structure which links "two points at a height above the ground", a footbridge can also be a lower structure, such as a boardwalk , that enables pedestrians to cross ...
By allowing pedestrians and bicycles to cross over the highway, these bridges were viewed as low-cost alternatives to intersections. In 1999, Las Vegas, Nevada began a major effort to install pedestrian bridges at major intersections along the Las Vegas Strip, to reduce traffic congestion and improve pedestrian safety. [1]
Grade-separated road junctions are typically space-intensive, complicated, and costly, due to the need for large physical structures such as tunnels, ramps, and bridges. Their height can be obtrusive, and this, combined with the large traffic volumes that grade-separated roads attract, tend to make them unpopular to nearby landowners and residents.
A bridge can be categorized by what it is designed to carry, such as trains, pedestrian or road traffic (road bridge), a pipeline (Pipe bridge) or waterway for water transport or barge traffic. An aqueduct is a bridge that carries water, resembling a viaduct, which is a bridge that connects points of equal height.
This category includes bridges used solely for pedestrian purposes, and not other bridges (rail, road, etc.) that merely include a pedestrian walkway. Bridges with pedestrian lanes or levels are also included here.
See controlled-access highway. Moveable bridge or drawbridge A bridge that moves to allow passage for boats or barges. Move over law A law which requires motorists to move over and change lanes to give safe clearance to law enforcement officers, firefighters, ambulances, utility workers, and in some cases, tow-truck drivers. Musical road
The Veterans Memorial Parkway in London, Ontario is a modern at-grade limited-access road with intersections. A limited-access road, known by various terms worldwide, including limited-access highway, dual-carriageway, expressway, and partial controlled-access highway, is a highway or arterial road for high-speed traffic which has many or most characteristics of a controlled-access highway ...
Glass Bridge, skywalk with glass bottom; Overpass – A bridge, road or railway crossing over another road or railway; Pedestrian separation structure – Any structure which separates pedestrians from the roadway; Pedway – Pedestrian walkways, includes both skyways and underground walkways; Sidewalk – Pedestrian path along the side of a road