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viaduct

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vi·a·duct  (v-dkt)
n.
A series of spans or arches used to carry a road or railroad over a wide valley or over other roads or railroads.

[Latin via, road; see via + (aque)duct.]

viaduct [ˈvaɪəˌdʌkt]
n
a bridge, esp for carrying a road or railway across a valley, etc., consisting of a set of arches supported by a row of piers or towers
[from Latin via way + dūcere to bring, on the model of aqueduct]
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Noun1.viaductviaduct - bridge consisting of a series of arches supported by piers used to carry a road (or railroad) over a valley
bridge, span - a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
Translations
viaduct [ˈvaɪədʌkt] Nviaducto m

viaduct [ˈvaɪədʌkt] nviaduc m

viaduct
nViadukt m

viaduct [ˈvaɪəˌdʌkt] nviadotto
viaduct [ˈvaɪəˌdʌkt] nviadotto

viaduct
n viaduct [ˈvaiədakt]
a usually long bridge carrying a road or railway over a valley etc. viaduk قَنْطَرَه متعَدِّدَة الرَّكائِز виадукт viadukt viadukt der Viadukt οδογέφυρα viaducto viadukt پل دره ای silta viaduc גֶשֶר דְרָכִים पुल vijadukt viadukt jembatan, viaduk löng brú, dalbrú viadotto 陸橋 고가교 viadukas viadukts jejambat viaduct bru, viadukt wiadukt viaduto via­duct виадук viadukt viadukt vijadukt viadukt สะพานข้าม viyadük, köprülü yol 高架橋 віадук; шляхопровід لمبا پل cầu cạn


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If you read the report of the evidence at the inquest, you will notice the engine driver's declaration that the only time on the whole journey when he travelled at less than forty miles an hour was when passing over the viaduct and before entering the tunnel which is plainly visible from my house.
She traversed the immense viaduct, whose arches span untroubled meadows and the dreamy flow of Tewin Water.
A great viaduct runs across, with high piers, through which the view seems somehow further away than it really is.
 
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