skybridge
Americannoun
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Also called skywalk. a bridgelike structure for pedestrians built to link one building with another over a public alley or street.
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Also called flying bridge, walkway. a similar overhead structure built across an atrium space within a building.
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He and four others were taken to a skybridge connecting two high-rise apartment complexes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
The design had the ants tending to their fungal gardens in glass orbs and then traveling an ambitious route to collect their leaves, crossing a transparent skybridge upside-down and clambering over aluminum poles.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
To reach Russia’s exhibition tent, those attending the fair had to leave Abu Dhabi’s cavernous National Exhibition Center and cross along a skybridge to an outdoor area.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
Over the next 25 years, the SF-based company will pay a total of $110 million for the naming rights to the transit center and the park, which is connected to the firm’s skyscraper via skybridge.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2018
Instead, the guitar turns Miguel invisible, and whisks him across a skybridge covered in thick, soft marigold petals that glow like lava.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 16, 2018
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