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oh ver pas

  • n  bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels

  • A pair of demonstrators attempted to unfurl a banner on an overpass.
  • There could just as easily have been corpses all over the overpass, and they could have belonged to anyone unlucky enough to have been randomly stopped.
  • It's after midnight in Jakarta and, below a highway overpass, a party is just getting started.
News & Articles

  • Piece of overpass falls on woman's car
    A local woman driving under Interstate 35 Wednesday morning says a piece of the overpass fell on her car.
    June 13, 2013 - KSHB-TV Kansas City
  • Overpass soon to be built over Ector intersection
    ECTOR, TX-After several years in the blueprint stage, an overpass over the Highway 82 and FM-898 intersection is now a step closer to reality.
    June 12, 2013 - KXII Sherman
  • Luciano: Overpass projectile strikes again
    Jack Vipon of Peoria looks at damage to his SUV left by an unknown object thrown off the Broadway Street overpass above Interstate 74. Six years ago, a woman died after a brick was thrown from the same overpass.
    June 11, 2013 - Peoria Journal Star
Quotes

  • Don Young in Juneau Empire (registration)
    However, in an interview this week with The Associated Press, Young said, "I think it's the right thing for the state of Florida, and you know, right now, they're supportive of it. It gives an escape route and it gives an overpass that's necessary...
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger in San Jose Mercury News
    Seven days ago, I visited the site and saw the destruction of the I-580 overpass and a heavily damaged I-880 connector,Schwarzenegger said.
  • Mike Babcock in SI.com
    We didn't want to shoot the puck tonight,Detroit coach Mike Babcock said. "We wanted to overpass and when you do that against a team that's working hard defensively, they end up coming back the other way a lot."

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