Meanings
noununderbridge (plural underbridges)
plural underbridges
- UKA bridge that allows traffic to pass under a road, river, railway etc.
Additionally, NR has been given permission to alter highway rights at the underbridge at Littleport station.
2020 December 2, “Network News: Green light for NR to close crossings”, in Rail, page 231 more example
As to underbridges, the policy is to wait until the small underline bridges become due for renewal when they will be replaced by prestressed concrete structures.
1979 August, Michael Harris, “A line for all reasons: the North Yorkshire Moors Railway”, in Railway World, page 412 - The underneath of a bridge.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
- Proto-Germanic*under
- Proto-West Germanic*undar
- Old Englishunder-
- Middle Englishunder-
- Englishunder-
- Englishbridge
- Englishunderbridge
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