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viaduct|ˈvaɪədʌkt|
[f. L. via way, after aqueduct. So F. viaduc.]
An elevated structure, consisting of a series of arches or spans, by means of which a railway or road is carried over a valley, road, river, or marshy low-lying ground.
1816H. Repton Fragm. Landscape Gard. 161, I have ventured to suggest a hint for such a structure as may support the road.., rather calling it a Via-duct than a Bridge. 1837Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. I. 57 Great Viaduct now erecting over the River Wear, near Sunderland. This viaduct consists of four large and six small arches. 1869Times 15 Oct. 7/5 New bridges and viaducts and new streets can do much in enabling Londoners to pass more quickly to their places of business. 1869Freeman Norm. Conq. (1875) III. xii. 240 The modern viaduct, a work worthy of old Roman days.
attrib.1831T. Grahame Lett. N. Wood 23 The Sankey viaduct bridge..consists of nine arches of fifty feet span. 1897Daily News 11 Feb. 6/4 The viaduct ganger, who would be responsible for the erection of timbers. |