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Recent Examples of underpass
Flash flooding would likely occur in small creeks and streams, as well as on highways, streets and underpasses with poor drainage and in low-lying areas, officials said.
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 26 May 2025
Visible signs of homelessness still line sidewalks and freeway underpasses from Sacramento to Los Angeles, an entrenched crisis rooted in a tight and unaffordable housing market that grew worse in January when more than 12,000 homes burned to the ground in Los Angeles County.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 16 May 2025
California's high-speed rail project has finished construction of the Whitley Avenue underpass, the second major structure completed this year.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
In 2023, North Carolina received a $25 million federal grant to begin constructing underpasses, backed by $4 million in additional funding.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 26 May 2025
Visible signs of homelessness still line sidewalks and freeway underpasses from Sacramento to Los Angeles, an entrenched crisis rooted in a tight and unaffordable housing market that grew worse in January when more than 12,000 homes burned to the ground in Los Angeles County.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 16 May 2025
California's high-speed rail project has finished construction of the Whitley Avenue underpass, the second major structure completed this year.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
In 2023, North Carolina received a $25 million federal grant to begin constructing underpasses, backed by $4 million in additional funding.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underpass
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The deputy was transporting a person to the Orange County Jail around 3:30 a.m., approaching the 408 overpass, according to the statements from the Florida Highway Patrol and Sheriff’s Office.—
Zoey Thomas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 June 2025
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The protest soon devolved into demonstrators standing on an overpass throwing concrete, bottles and other objects at officers attempting to remove demonstrators from the freeway.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
9 June 2025
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The Newton-Weston bridge replacement project is upgrading eight bridges at the Mass Pike/I-95 interchange.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
18 June 2025
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The roughly 30-acre property southeast of the interchange of International Drive and State Road 528, which has been sought for years by the Dreamers as an ideal ballpark location, remains in county control.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 June 2025
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“Underpass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underpass. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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