underpass
noun
un·der·pass
ˈən-dər-ˌpas 
: a crossing of a highway and another way (such as a road or railroad) at different levels
also
: the lower level of such a crossing
Examples of underpass in a Sentence
We stood on the bridge and looked down at the underpass.
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The hope is that the underpass would be built over a two year period, from 2027-2029.
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Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Fourteen new flyovers and underpasses, 11 new road corridors, 7,000 buses, 550 shuttle buses, seven new bus stops, and 30 pontoon bridges have also been added to improve connectivity, according to the Uttar Pradesh state government.
—Aishwarya S Iyer, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
Roman drivers finally got some relief on Monday when, after 450 days of traffic chaos and unprintable curses, a ribbon-cutting ceremony heralded the opening of an underpass along the Tiber River near the Vatican that immediately cleared traffic from what is now Rome’s largest pedestrian area.
—Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
When night fell, the underpass transformed into an open-air nightclub.
—María Magdalena Arréllaga, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Fourteen new flyovers and underpasses, 11 new road corridors, 7,000 buses, 550 shuttle buses, seven new bus stops, and 30 pontoon bridges have also been added to improve connectivity, according to the Uttar Pradesh state government.
—Aishwarya S Iyer, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
Roman drivers finally got some relief on Monday when, after 450 days of traffic chaos and unprintable curses, a ribbon-cutting ceremony heralded the opening of an underpass along the Tiber River near the Vatican that immediately cleared traffic from what is now Rome’s largest pedestrian area.
—Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
When night fell, the underpass transformed into an open-air nightclub.
—María Magdalena Arréllaga, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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underpass
noun
un·der·pass
-ˌpas
: a passage underneath something (as for a road passing under another road)
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