elevated highway
Road on stilts
An elevated highway is a roadway built on raised structures above ground level, typically running through urban areas where surface space is limited or expensive.
The road sits on pillars or viaducts, allowing traffic, buildings, or other streets to exist beneath it: The elevated highway cast shadows over the neighborhood below.
Also called an elevated expressway or simply an elevated.
- overpassBridge spanning a road
- freewayHighway without tolls
- viaductArched span crossing valleys
- rampSloped connecting surface
- off rampHighway exit route
concrete · lanes · traffic · traffic jam · rush hour · flyover · interchange · bridge · skyway · expressway · commute · pillars · asphalt · merge · car exhaust · exhaust · road noise · noise
- expresswaysexpressway, freeway, interstate, motorway, superhighway
- highwaysfreeway, freeways, expressway, interstate, interstates
- overpassesoverpass, flyover, viaduct, skyway, pedestrian bridge
- bridgesGolden Gate Bridge, London Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, Tower Bridge, Bay Bridge
- infrastructureroad construction, railway expansion, power grid, roads, seaports
- platformspodium, Windows, stage, Linux, platform
elevated highwaytunnel
Enclosed underground route
underground tunnel · surface street · road tunnel · subway · country road
elevated highwayalley
Narrow way between buildings
side street · back road · residential street · local road · lane
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