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3 unusual facts about Overpass


Flyover

Overpass, a high-level overpass that crosses over a highway interchange or intersection

Nugegoda

A newly created flyover has been constructed and open for public usage on 23 January 2009.

Wong Chuk Hang Road

A flyover 550 metres long with 4 lanes passes over Wong Chuk Hang Road.


Angelino Heights, Los Angeles

A large swath of Angelino Heights was destroyed to build the Hollywood Freeway, which cut it off from Temple Street save an overpass at Edgeware Road.

Bimbisula

It was collected in 1980 by James Malcolm from a locality along the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad in Charleston County in the vicinity of the Dorchester Road overpass.

Broadmeadow railway station

The Australian Rail Track Corporation's Broadmeadow Centralised Traffic Control centre for the northern half of the state (including the standard gauge line to Acacia Ridge, Brisbane) is located just south of the station, as is RailCorp's Broadmeadow signal box which controls the area Broadmeadow to Eraring with a road overpass in between the two train control buildings and the station.

Clapham railway station, Adelaide

Its remains are located on the north side of the Springbank Road overpass in the inner southern Adelaide suburb of Clapham.

De la Concorde overpass collapse

#Also, "several motorists told the French-language all-news network Le Canal Nouvelles that they had called police up to an hour before the collapse to report seeing fissures appearing in the overpass roadbed and chunks of concrete falling to the road below".

Korumburra railway station

Bridge street can be accessed from the South Gippsland Highway Bridge Street is named after the road overpass bridge that crosses the railway line, dividing the eastern and western halves of the town.

Lady of St Kilda

There is a mural of the Lady of St Kilda on the Sandringham Railway Line overpass at Balaclava, Victoria commissioned by the City of Port Phillip.

Lee Eon

He had been riding home from a party celebrating the last airing of Strongest Chil Woo, when his motorcycle hit the guardrail of an overpass in Hannam-dong, Seoul, at around 2 am.

Louisiana Highway 408

From its western terminus, LA 408 begins as an undivided, two lane highway before dividing and expanding to four lanes before a railroad overpass on the eastern edge of Southern University.

Milano Lambrate railway station

The passenger building of the original station still stands in Via G.A. Amedeo, near the church of Saints Faustinus and Jovita and the present-day Buccari flyover.

Monaro Highway

A further interchange, passing over Canberra Avenue is a little further on, along with an overpass above the Canberra railway line branch, and an interchange above Newcastle Street.

North–South Corridor, Adelaide

Between 1982 and 1984, an overpass was built, taking South Road over Cross Road and the Noarlunga line.

Ovilla, Texas

Boxcar Willie was born in the area surrounding Ovilla; the overpass at Interstate 35E and FM 664 in Red Oak is named in his memory.

Peachtree Creek

Because it is usually called just Peachtree Battle (even by GDOT on its overpass of Interstate 75), that part of Buckhead is often called the same, which in turn gave rise to a local play called Peachtree Battle.

Shamian Island

Huangsha Station of Guangzhou Metro is located within a short walk from the island, via an overpass crossing the busy Liu'ersan Road.

Sher Shah Bridge

Sher Shah Bridge is a flyover in Karachi, Pakistan.

Storrow Drive

For example, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has proposed covering Storrow Drive near the pedestrian Arthur Fiedler Bridge, replacing the old overpass with a wide, ground-level park space that would better connect the green space of Boston's Public Garden with the Esplanade.

Tennessee State Route 374

Construction is complete along the 101st Parkway segment of SR 374, which widened that part of the highway to four lanes and created an overpass with exits that allow traffic to freely flow over Wilma Rudolph Boulevard.

The Postmodern Life of My Aunt

Filming locations in Shanghai include the overpass at Shaanxi and Yan'an roads, and the old houses on Julu Road.

Virginia State Route 195

The transition between the Interstate and the state-numbered highway occurs just east of the McCloy Street overpass south of the Carytown district of Richmond.

Wisconsin Highway 73

Just before it goes under an overpass of US 151, it crosses into Columbia County.


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