Overpass is an English word with synonyms like flyover or flypast. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Overpass meaning
A section of a road or path that crosses over an obstacle, especially another road, railway, etc.
Using Overpass
- The main meaning on this page is: A section of a road or path that crosses over an obstacle, especially another road, railway, etc.
- Useful related words include: flyover, flypast, bridge, span.
- In the example corpus, overpass often appears in combinations such as: an overpass, the overpass, overpass in.
Context around Overpass
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Overpass
- In this selection, "overpass" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, road, street, turnpike, vicinity, bridge and turns stand out and add context to how "overpass" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include plantation road overpass vicinity of and 110 freeway overpass in los. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "overpass" sits close to words such as aesthetically, apa and aqsa, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with overpass
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A runner in the Bakersfield Marathon emerges from the Manor Street overpass. (12 words)
Images show the wreckage of the coach resting on railway lines after crashing off an overpass. (16 words)
If a potential overpass turns red, then the pillars it sits on would stand on another road. (17 words)
Alternating lane closure on Hawaii Belt Road (Route 19) in both directions at Hakalau Plantation Road Overpass (vicinity of Mile Marker 15.5) and Ookala Plantation Road Overpass (vicinity of Mile Marker 30.3) on Monday, Jan. (37 words)
A truck that hit a Pennsylvania Turnpike overpass bridge Thursday morning on Route 30 caused no structural damage to the span near the Irwin interchange, according to turnpike spokesperson Renee Vid Colburn. (32 words)
Forest Defender “Taylor” described their experience being detained by police on the morning of March 7 after they and another activist hung a “Stop Cop City” banner on an overpass in Atlanta. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Alternating lane closure on Hawaii Belt Road (Route 19) in both directions at Hakalau Plantation Road Overpass (vicinity of Mile Marker 15.5) and Ookala Plantation Road Overpass (vicinity of Mile Marker 30.3) on Monday, Jan.
An overpass — or underpass — was an original condition set in 2013 by the state Land Use Commission to change the zoning off 77 acres from agricultural land to urban.
A runner in the Bakersfield Marathon emerges from the Manor Street overpass.
As the van came to the overpass for Shawnessy Boulevard SE, the driver of the van hit the cyclist.
A truck that hit a Pennsylvania Turnpike overpass bridge Thursday morning on Route 30 caused no structural damage to the span near the Irwin interchange, according to turnpike spokesperson Renee Vid Colburn.
Forest Defender “Taylor” described their experience being detained by police on the morning of March 7 after they and another activist hung a “Stop Cop City” banner on an overpass in Atlanta.
High heat from the fire or the impact of an explosion could have weakened the steel beams supporting the overpass, according to Drexel University structural engineering Professor Abi Aghayere.
If a potential overpass turns red, then the pillars it sits on would stand on another road.
Images show the wreckage of the coach resting on railway lines after crashing off an overpass.
Jackson, who often finds himself sleeping and using outside under an overpass in the Sud-Ouest borough, points down the street from the Lionel-Groulx station.
Seen in December, Carlene Issaiah, 30, says she has been living under a 110 Freeway overpass in Los Angeles for two years.
The BMA has ordered the suspension of the construction of an overpass at the Bang Kapi intersection following an accident that killed one worker and injured two other people.
The Kinnaird Overpass Bridge in Castlegar will shine purple from April 4 – 10 in recognition of National Dental Hygienists Week.
The lawmaker said it shouldn’t take four months for the company to agree on an amount to kick in for the overpass, which has been needed for more than 20 years.
The new year brought a new design, chef and menu tweaks to the popular Perkins Road Overpass District bar and restaurant.
The night before, a cartel had hung a threatening sign from an overpass at one of the main intersections of the border city.
The swirling, larger-than-life doodles of German-born street artist Simon Kef, better known as can be seen all around Baton Rouge, from the Perkins Road Overpass to downtown.
The vehicle was travelling from Venice to Marghera when the shocking accident took place at the overpass in Mestre on Tuesday evening.
Today the B.C. Government announced funding to build a wildlife overpass and fencing system just south of the Village of Radium Hot Springs along Highway 93/95.
As they traveled under the Roxford Street overpass, a man jumped off the bridge in an act of suicide.
Common combinations with overpass
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an overpass 33×
- the overpass 25×
- overpass in 14×
- overpass on 11×
- road overpass 9×
- highway overpass 8×
- overpass and 7×
- overpass bridge 5×
- overpass at 5×
- pedestrian overpass 5×