Overpass

Highway overpass in Greensboro, North Carolina
Railway overpass crossing multiple railway lines and roads in Kyoto, Japan
In Hong Kong, an overpass is built along a street or road, like Hill Road Flyover, to alleviate traffic between two main roads.

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. Stack interchanges are made up of several overpasses.

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