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4 unusual facts about flyover


Currey Road

There is a Flyover (constructed in 1915) which constitutes the biggest part of Currey Road & the Railway station divides the road in 2 major parts, East & West.

Flyover

Flyover country, a derisive term for the central areas of the United States

Flypast or flyby, a celebratory display or ceremonial flight, a ceremonial or honorific flight of one or more aircraft

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


6th October Bridge

The '6th October Bridge and Flyover' runs from the Agricultural Museum in Dokki east to the Autostrade in Nasr City.

Anna Flyover

Before climbing Anna Flyover (when heading in the direction towards the airport) to the left are the Oxford University Press and the U.S. Consulate, and to the right one can find the remains of the old Safire Theatre complex.

Birati

On 4 February 2009 Former Chief Minister of West Bengal Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee inaugurated Birati Flyover named Manik Bandopadhyay Setu at Birati station.

Cavalry Ground

The main boulevard of Cavalry Ground (also known as Jinnah Flyover Road) is a major commercial area with designer outlets, boutiques, banks (including Royal Bank of Scotland), bakeries, electronics shops (including Samsung and Sony Centre) and supermarkets.

Chiswick flyover

In October 2009, Imogen Stubbs, also an actress, unveiled a plaque in a ceremony in Chiswick to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the flyover.

City View Cemetery

Special areas recognize veterans of wars fought by Americans since the American Civil War and on Memorial Day, the Oregon Air National Guard conducts a flyover of the cemetery to honor those interred at City View.

Civic Blvd Expressway

Keelung Road - ramps to surface arterial (to Xinyi and Songshan) & direct-flyover ramps to MacAuthur bridges (to Neihu)

Driscoll House

The building is on the south side of New Kent Road, between the Bricklayers' Arms flyover and Elephant and Castle station, and is a well-detailed example of the pre-World War I institutional Baroque style.

Lancing, West Sussex

The bridge was in use for motorised traffic until the opening of the A27 flyover over the River Adur in 1970.

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.

National Zoo of Malaysia

Using Middle Ring Road 2 (MRR2) - from Ampang, u-turn at the Taman Melawati exit and take the first left; from Gombak, take the first left after the Taman Melawati exit flyover.

No. 79 Squadron RAAF

During this tour the aircrew visited Alan Rawlinson at his home at Naracoorte, South Australia, and later conducted a flyover of the town in his honour.

North–South Port Link

The Port Klang flyover above Jalan Kem was supposed to make driving between Westport and Northport faster and more convenient, but it has instead become a danger to motorists.

The Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) was responsible for maintaining the flyover and the Majlis Perbandaran Klang (Klang Municipal Council) (MPKlg) had written to them asking for repair works to be carried out.

Nugegoda

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

Park Circus

7-point Crossing: One of the major crossings of Kolkata connecting Park Street, Suhrawardy Avenue, AJC Bose Road Flyover, Circus Avenue, Sir Syed Amir Ali Avenue and Shakespeare Sarani.

Princess Juliana International Airport

The airport is perhaps best known for very low-altitude flyover landing approaches due to one end of its runway being extremely close to the shore and Maho Beach.

Prostitution in Kolkata

Street prostitutes work in Esplanade Crossing, opposite of cinema ‘Metro’ and in the street between Elite Cinema Hall and Regal Cinema Hall, Jagat Cinema near Sealdah station and under Sealdah flyover, and another place is Ultadanga flyover and railway foot over bridge, kalighat, and Garia.

Regional Rail Link

After crossing the river, the line will pass over the top of the Newport bound suburban tracks on a flyover, and then run between each pair of suburban tracks to Footscray station.

Sher Shah Bridge

Sher Shah Bridge is a flyover in Karachi, Pakistan.

Shiloh, Florida

Located immediately north of the U.S. Government's Kennedy Space Center, the open access to the flyover range on the open Atlantic Ocean to the east, and easy access to the tracking facilities of the Eastern Test Range make the location attractive on many margins.

Sosrobahu

The technique was designed by Tjokorda Raka Sukawati and involves the construction of the horizontal supports for the highway beside the existing road, which is then lifted and turned 90 degrees angle before being placed on the top of the vertical supports to form the flyover pylons.

Tri-State Warbird Museum

The museum's North American B-25 Mitchell was featured on October 16, 2010 in a flyover of the Virginia Tech football game.

West Paschim Vihar

In this area, the outer ring road is maintained by the MCD and has a flyover at Peera Garhi Chowk and an Underpass and roundabout at Bhera Enclave/Sunder Vihar Crossing.

Western Express Highway

Due to work on the new terminal at BOM and the construction of a new airport flyover, there is additional traffic on the WEH.

Wong Chuk Hang Road

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


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