Re: [General] Bridge terminology

[Paul Blair <pblair@pcug.org.au>]

In Victoria, flyover (as in Burnley Flyover)

Paul Blair


On Sat, 10 Feb 2001 14:20:38 +1100, "Ronald BESDANSKY"
<ronbest@bigpond.com> wrote:

>If a bridge carries a railway OVER a road, watercourse etc, it's an
>UNDERBRIDGE. If it carries a road etc over the railway, it's an OVERBRIDGE.
>What about a bridge which carries on railway over another, e.g. Botany Line
>over Illawarra at Sydenham (NSW) and Long Cove Viaduct (NSW western line)???
>Is it an overbridge on the lower line and an underbridge on the higher??
>
>Rgds
>
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