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Council members also agreed to include $192,567 for public art displays on the Santa Fe Drive and Encinitas Boulevard freeway underpasses. — Barbara Henry, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Encinitas agrees to continue funding for temporary restrooms," 18 June 2018 Tucked under a bustling underpass in Brooklyn, there’s a thin storefront sandwiched between two run-of-the-mill apartment buildings. — Zachary Weiss, Vogue, "Brooklyn’s Bar Beau Is the Latest Hidden Hotspot You Need to Visit," 24 Nov. 2018 This is the second time in a year an alderman has called for the overnight closure of a lakefront underpass. — John Byrne, chicagotribune.com, "Alderman wants lakefront underpass at Chicago Avenue closed overnight to end late-night partying in park," 27 June 2018 The waterfront corporation plans to improve the Columbia Avenue underpass with an artful lighting scheme, similar to the ones at Race and Spring Garden streets. — Inga Saffron, Philly.com, "Will a new riverfront concert venue close the gap between Fishtown and the Delaware - or widen it?," 28 June 2018 Most of the Arboretum is on the north side of the Beltline, but a 200-acre section known as the Grady Tract is south of the highway and can be reached from several roads as well as a pedestrian underpass. — Brian E. Clark, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "UW-Madison Arboretum draws hikers, birders and researchers," 11 May 2018 There could be flooding around streets, underpasses, low-lying areas and areas around canals. — David J. Neal, miamiherald, "It's raining (again). And there's a flood advisory for part of Miami-Dade (again).," 31 May 2018 Beyond Walls teamed with MassDevelopment on a similar fund drive last year, using the proceeds to install LED lighting at the Central Square underpass, and for that year’s mural festival. — John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com, "Beyond Walls is fund-raising for mural festival in Lynn," 29 May 2018 Construction has begun on a pedestrian underpass, elevated platforms, new lighting, signs, shelters and other improvements at the Poinsettia Coaster Station in south Carlsbad. — Phil Diehl, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Work starts on Coaster station improvements," 5 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'underpass.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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