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Diana died in a car crash in 1997 in the underpass beneath the Alma bridge, though on the other side of the River Seine.
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Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
The primary entrance would be at the northern Highland Drive terminus south of Lake Drive, and a secondary entrance would be at the southern terminus near the I-43 underpass.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The flooding also hit Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, where runways, taxiways and an underpass tunnel were flooded, the weather service said.
—Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2025
Fort Worth homicide detectives are investigating after a body was found beneath an underpass Thursday, officials with the Fort Worth Police Department said.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2025
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Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
The primary entrance would be at the northern Highland Drive terminus south of Lake Drive, and a secondary entrance would be at the southern terminus near the I-43 underpass.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The flooding also hit Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, where runways, taxiways and an underpass tunnel were flooded, the weather service said.
—Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2025
Fort Worth homicide detectives are investigating after a body was found beneath an underpass Thursday, officials with the Fort Worth Police Department said.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underpass
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Mayor Eric Adams held a press conference underneath an overpass on the 7 train in Queens, a line that is almost entirely elevated, until the East River.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
8 Nov. 2025
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Carnes, 46, was found hanging beneath an overpass with burns to his body, according to the HPD's statement.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
3 Nov. 2025
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Beginning Friday morning, a key interchange is scheduled to open as the massive, long-running Interstate 485 toll lanes project nears completion, state highway officials said Thursday.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Jan. 2026
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According to PennDOT, all of the outbound lanes between the on-ramp from Bates Street at the Oakland interchange to the Squirrel Hill Tunnel were closed to traffic for about half an hour.—
Patrick Damp,
CBS News,
3 Jan. 2026
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“Underpass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underpass. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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