18 December 2006
Question of Usage
When did "overpass" become "flyover?"
To me, a "flyover" is something that acrobatic pilots do at an airshow. But twice in the last fifteen minutes I've seen the word used to refer to a piece of roadway crossing another roadway.
Any civil-engineering usage types out there?
To me, a "flyover" is something that acrobatic pilots do at an airshow. But twice in the last fifteen minutes I've seen the word used to refer to a piece of roadway crossing another roadway.
Any civil-engineering usage types out there?
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I first heard the term years ago in England used in place of "overpass". According to the Wikipedia article here, "flyover" in the US is used now to denote a special type of overpass. I assume it was adapted from the UK usage.
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