underpass

Example Sentences

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On the morning of 6 April 2009, a lorry driver pulled off the M4 and parked in an underpass near Porthcawl, south Wales, and spotted a suitcase in an embankment.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

Videos circulating on social media showed police vans escorting a bar association vehicle carrying Mazari to court before it was stopped at an underpass, where masked security officials prevented journalists from filming the arrest.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

Mud and debris fell onto West Mountain Drive and Cliff Drive at La Marina, and flooding forced the closure of the Mission Street underpass and the 101 freeway off-ramps, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2025

The underpass has since been closed as police investigate.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2025

This morning, as I walked past the blackened tunnel mouth, the entrance to the underpass, my pace quickened.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins