Editing Overpass (section)

{{Short description|Bridge, road, railway, or similar structure that crosses over another road or railway}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2021}}
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[[File:I-73 at I-840 Overpasses Aerial - Facing South (50698132631).jpg|thumb|right|Highway [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Greensboro,+NC/@36.1182339,-79.9086607,62a,38.7y,151.47h,68.46t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x8853193f38c77b79:0x93b9c49478be12c8!8m2!3d36.0725632!4d-79.791534!16zL20vMGtjdzI?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAxNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3 overpass] in [[Greensboro, North Carolina]]]]
[[File:020 N700 Series Shinkansen 新幹線 arriving at Kyoto Station, Japan.jpg|thumb|right|Overpass crossing multiple railway lines and roads in [[Kyoto]], Japan]]
[[File:HK STT 石塘咀 Shek Tong Tsui Hill Road flyover bridge December 2021 Px3 02.jpg|thumb|In [[Hong Kong]], an overpass is built along a street or road, like [[Hill Road, Hong Kong|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 of Nations|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]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/institute-of-traffic-engineers/traffic-engineering-handbook-hci/page-46-traffic-engineering-handbook-hci.shtml |title=Read the ebook Traffic engineering handbook by Institute of Traffic Engineers |author=Henry K. Evans |year=1950 |work=ENGINEERING HANDBOOK, Second Edition 1950 |publisher=Institute of Traffic Engineers |location=New Haven, Connecticut |via= eBooksRead.com |access-date=2010-10-09 |archive-date=2012-03-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318064658/http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/institute-of-traffic-engineers/traffic-engineering-handbook-hci/page-46-traffic-engineering-handbook-hci.shtml |url-status=dead}} Search for [Separation, Grade].</ref> [[Stack interchange]]s are made up of several overpasses.