Viaduct

The 1812 Laigh Milton Viaduct in Ayrshire – the oldest surviving railway bridge in Scotland

Viaduct crossing the Santa Ana River in Riverside, California, built in 1903

A viaduct is a bridge composed of several small spans. It is built for crossing a valley, dry or wetland, or forming an overpass or flyover.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

The word viaduct has two parts from Latin: via for road and ducere, to lead. The ancient Romans did not use this word; it was invented in the nineteenth-century by analogy with aqueduct.^[4]

Viaduct Media

The Ouse Valley Viaduct in Sussex, England
Viaduct near Slade, Plymouth, painting by Nicholas Matthew Condy
"Deansgate Locks" bars under a light rail station in Manchester, England.
The Viaduc des Arts, Paris, France

References

↑ Definition of VIADUCT. www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
↑ dict.org- Viaduct. www.dict.org. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
↑ dict.org- Viaduct. www.dict.org. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 viaduct - Definition of viaduct in English by Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford Dictionaries - English. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
↑ the definition of viaduct. Dictionary.com. Retrieved 27 March 2018.

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