skybridge

American  

[skahy-brij] / ˈskaɪˌbrɪdʒ /

noun

1. Also called skywalk.  a bridgelike structure for pedestrians built to link one building with another over a public alley or street.

2. Also called flying bridge, walkway.  a similar overhead structure built across an atrium space within a building.

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Etymology

Origin of skybridge

sky + bridge ¹

Example Sentences

Instead of a pedestrian skybridge, Sound Transit’s design calls for street-level crosswalks, where buses and cars will constantly turn off Delridge and circulate toward drop-off zones.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 12, 2023

The ants’ path was simplified, a rope strung across the skybridge so the ants would no longer have to cross it upside-down.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 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

Safdie argues that the publicly accessible skybridge goes against conceptions about exclusivity.

From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2018