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UK
/vˈaɪədˌʌkt/
]
[ US /ˈvaɪədəkt/ ]
[ US /ˈvaɪədəkt/ ]
NOUN
- bridge consisting of a series of arches supported by piers used to carry a road (or railroad) over a valley
How To Use viaduct In A Sentence
- A typical railway line is mainly characterized by two main types of scenario: viaduct and embankment.
- Historical highlights are the old railway viaducts and an old railway tunnel which you can safely ride into.
- An impressive viaduct spans the valley a reminder of the time when visitors travelled from Lancashire, Yorkshire and beyond to spend a day around the falls.
- Anyone know who owns the land under the viaduct; is it the state or the city? Reporting 101 « PubliCola
- An old railway viaduct at Stamford Bridge, near York, was to be saved.
- Only the 1,566-foot long viaduct carrying the railway line across Morecambe Bay holds its own against the incoming tide - very exciting to watch.
- From the stone walls and landscaped embankments to the sweep of the footbridges and the modern viaduct that carries the road over the river, this scheme was designed not just not to offend the eye but to please it.
- Didn't the Governor say (repeatedly) that the viaduct is unsafe and will come down by 2012? Tunnel Construction Could Be Delayed One Year « PubliCola
- At the risk of seeming to fantasticate I confess that the Pope's having built the viaduct -- in this very recent antiquity -- made me linger there in a pensive posture and marvel at the march of history and at Pius the Italian Hours
- Community schemes enable voluntary groups to look after disused areas of Network Rail land, such as disused platforms, land adjoining stations, or areas underneath viaducts. EDP24 News