overpass

noun

bridge, road, railway or similar structure that crosses over another road or railway

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)pæs/ / /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)pɑːs/ / /əʊvə(ɹ)ˈpæs/ / /əʊvə(ɹ)ˈpɑːs/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-der. Proto-Italic *pattus Vulgar Latin passus Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Vulgar Latin -ereinflu. Vulgar Latin -āre Vulgar Latin *passāre Old French passerbor. Middle English passen English pass English overpass From over- + pass.

A section of a road or path that crosses over an obstacle, especially another road, railway, etc.
“The homeless man had built a little shelter, complete with cook-stove, beneath a concrete overpass.”
“By visible evidence, this Saturday morning is a comparatively placid one. Earlier in the week a young man had died after being stabbed in a flat, and from the overpass at Archway Road, darkly referred to as “suicide bridge,” another man had jumped to his death.”

verb

To pass above something, as when flying or moving on a higher road.
“Gillian watched the overpassing shoppers on the second floor of the mall, as she relaxed in the bench on the ground floor.”
To exceed, overstep, or transcend a limit, threshold, or goal.
“Marshall was really overpassing his authority when he ordered the security guards to fire their tasers at the trespassers.”
“The precocious student had really overpassed her peers, and was reading books written for children several years older.”
To disregard, skip, or miss something.
“A youth, how all the beauties of the East / He slightly viewed and slightly overpassed.”