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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
fly-over

also flyover, 1901 of bridges, 1931, of aircraft flights, from fly (v.1) + over (adv.).

Usage examples of "fly-over".

We crossed the Chiswick and Hammersmith fly-overs and were into the area where the dual carriageway has slashed like a sword through residential suburbs, the scars showing in the blank ends of houses, in the dead ends of streets abruptly severed.