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    "Overpass" would be a common term in the US. (It's an "underpass" if the bottom road is routed through a ditch so that the top road remains mostly flat.)
    – Hot Licks
    Commented Mar 30, 2015 at 12:16
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    Overpass in the US. Most of the time what's called an overpass in the US would be called a flyover in other regions.The two words are not completely equivalent- flyover is also used in the US, but to distinguish an overpass that more literally "flies over" another. I don't know if a structure as low as the one in your picture is called a flyover in, for example, the UK.
    – bobro
    Commented Mar 30, 2015 at 12:21
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    @oerkelens A viaduct passes over a valley, river, etc. This structure elevates itself so another road can pass under it.
    – Tulains Córdova
    Commented Mar 30, 2015 at 12:22
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    In order to decide, go to Yahoo and search for overpass images, then for "elevated road" images, and see which set of images is closer to your idea.
    – Marius Hancu
    Commented Mar 30, 2015 at 15:08
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    The part in the middle is a bridge.
    – Michael Hampton
    Commented Apr 1, 2015 at 2:47