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How do we say when we want to convey to someone that we are not using / taking / going over the flyover, rather we are using the non-elevated usual road.
I am going under / below the flyover?? but I am not exactly under. How shall we say? Which is right - below or under?
Secondly, there are two ways. Either go over the flyover or take the "non-elevated" road? What do we call the road just under the flyover?
definitely not lowered because it hasn't been lowered, the flyover has been constructed above it.
Thanks

Avangi · Accepted Answer

In what country is the term "flyover" used in this context?

In the US, we call that an "overpass," if I follow your meaning correctly.

Is one perpendicular to the other, or parallel to it?

I've seen "bypass" (limited access) highways in urban areas which are elevated, and directly over the main highway (and parallel to it).

Is this the construction you're talking about? (It may well be called a "flyover." I simply haven't heard it.)

In this case, I use "under it" or "beneath it." "Below it" is possible too.

"Beneath," "under," and "below" are all relative to the other structures you're trying to describe, and not necessarily to "ground level."

Edit.
As far as I know, a special term for the "regular" "surface level" "freeway" as specifically opposed to the "flyover" has not yet crept into the vernacular.
There may well be regional "nicknames" for it. Terms like "bypass" and even "freeway" tend to be regional.

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