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Definition of "over-bridge" [over-bridge]

  • A bridge which carries a highway or foot-walk over another artificial line of travel, as a railway: in distinction from a crossing of the two ways at grade. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "over-bridge" in a sentence
  • "Media reports suggest that the collision was so severe that the roof and the sides of one of the compartments mounted the over-bridge across the tracks in the station."
  • "The Maoists attempted to blow up the Manihari road over-bridge, using 'milk-can bombs', in a bid to disrupt the transport link between the target of the attack and the district headquarters at Sitamarhi."
  • "As the escalator only worked one way upwards, we used to keep going up using the escalator, running down the stairs on the other side and running round the over-bridge to go up again."