Viaduct

//ˈvaɪədʌkt// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley or other obstacles.

    "[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit."

  2. 2
    bridge consisting of a series of arches supported by piers used to carry a road (or railroad) over a valley wordnet

Etymology

A blend of Latin via (“highway; road”) + English (aque)duct.

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