viaduct

Etymology

noun

  1. (transport) A bridge with several spans that carries road or rail traffic over a valley or other obstacles.
    The L.C.C. [London County Council] considers viaducts in London objectionable and a hindrance to town planning and would like to abolish all the Southern Railway lines on viaducts in South London. [Nothing much happened, they still exist.] 1944 January and February, C. F. Cobon, “The County of London Plan”, in Railway Magazine, page 24

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