over bridge

See also: overbridge

English

Noun

over bridge (plural over bridges)

1. Alternative form of overbridge
   • 1856, Ivor Waters, Brunel's Tubular Suspension Bridge Over the River Wye, page 27:

     Down line over bridge completed 19th July 1852. Up line over bridge completed 18th April 1853.

   • 2001, M. J. Ryall, Bridge Management, →ISBN, page 267:

     The existing central pier could remain in service for construction of a new over bridge on-line.

   • 2008, Ponnuswamy, Bridge Engineering, →ISBN, page 637:

     Grade separator at a railway crossing can be either a road over bridge (ROB) with the road flying over the rail line or a road under bridge (RUB) with the rail line passing over the road.