Meaning

A pedestrian bridge or elevated walkway that allows one to walk over a road, stream, or other obstacle, or between the upper stories of buildings..

Definitions by Sense

1. A pedestrian bridge or elevated walkway that allows one to walk over a road, stream, or other obstacle, or between the upper stories of buildings.
2. An elevated walkway that provides passage above the main area of a facility; a catwalk.
3. A walkway placed slightly above the ground in an ecologically vulnerable location so that pedestrians can walk through the area without causing damage.
4. To walk over or upon.
5. To walk past, especially without noticing.
6. To walk excessively; to walk too far or too quickly.
7. To take on too many walks, or cause to walk too far or too quickly.
8. To overtake while walking; to walk faster than

Example Sentences

Ground was broken for a new Central Library Building in Birmingham, Alabama, to cost $8,300,000, including an overwalk connection to the existing building across the street.

I know in our own State, for example, our State transportation board addressed a pedestrian overwalk at one of our major intersections last week, in the hopes that there would be additional funding available and might be limited if it were in that category, but if it were in discretionary funding, obviously, something we could address.

A walking stick is in her right hand, and a second, which the woman conveniently keeps next to the fence overwalk, is seen just to the right.

At the next level, he bolted down another hallway and through an arch onto an overwalk connecting with the domed edifice.

On the ground level with us were four sets of tracks with overwalks and underwalks between them. Some of the overwalks led to a set of 4 overhead hanging train lines that curved into and out of the station.

Note safety handrails on overwalk across conveyor system.

The stair-elevator tower accommodates also vertical services, is connected directly with box clusters or overwalks, and serves as the stabilizer of the complex.

There was no way for them to get up into this overwalk, so he was good.

Word Forms

• overwalks
• overwalking
• overwalked

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Use overwalk when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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