English

A train going over a viaduct in France

Noun

viaduct ‎(plural viaducts)

1. (transport) A bridge with several spans that carries road or rail traffic over a valley or other obstacles.
   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 7, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     […] 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.

Related terms

• aqueduct

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Pronunciation

Noun

viaduct m ‎(plural viaducten, diminutive viaductje n)

1. viaduct.