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Fourteen new flyovers and underpasses, 11 new road corridors, 7,000 buses, 550 shuttle buses, seven new bus stops, and 30 pontoon bridges have also been added to improve connectivity, according to the Uttar Pradesh state government.
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Aishwarya S Iyer, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
Roman drivers finally got some relief on Monday when, after 450 days of traffic chaos and unprintable curses, a ribbon-cutting ceremony heralded the opening of an underpass along the Tiber River near the Vatican that immediately cleared traffic from what is now Rome’s largest pedestrian area.
—Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
When night fell, the underpass transformed into an open-air nightclub.
—María Magdalena Arréllaga, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Officials urged residents to avoid underground parking garages and freeway underpasses, for fear of becoming trapped.
—Micheline Maynard, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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Aishwarya S Iyer, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
Roman drivers finally got some relief on Monday when, after 450 days of traffic chaos and unprintable curses, a ribbon-cutting ceremony heralded the opening of an underpass along the Tiber River near the Vatican that immediately cleared traffic from what is now Rome’s largest pedestrian area.
—Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
When night fell, the underpass transformed into an open-air nightclub.
—María Magdalena Arréllaga, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Officials urged residents to avoid underground parking garages and freeway underpasses, for fear of becoming trapped.
—Micheline Maynard, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Underpass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underpass. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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