viaduct

[ vahy-uh-duhkt ]

/ ˈvaɪ əˌdʌkt /

a bridge for carrying a road, railroad, etc., over a valley or the like, consisting of a number of short spans.

Origin of viaduct

1810–20; < Latin via way + (aque)duct

via, via dolorosa, via media, viability, viable, viaduct, viagra, vial, viand, viangchan, viareggio

Meanwhile, four young women were walking under a South Side viaduct on Monday evening when a gunman rode up on a bicycle.

Obama, Why Aren’t You in Chiraq? |Michael Daly |July 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The length of this viaduct is 105 yards, and the highest of the seven arches about fifty feet.

Old Rome |Robert Burn
And the hansom swung away into the traffic, leaving the boy standing on the pavement on the north side of the viaduct.

The King of Diamonds |Louis Tracy
Beyond the viaduct the road descends into a valley, at the bottom of which runs the classic Almo.

Roman Mosaics |Hugh Macmillan

A viaduct with narrow arches carried the railway across the last ravine of the Estrel.

Riviera Towns |Herbert Adams Gibbons
Having crossed the Twenty-third Street viaduct I was lost in darkness; there were no lights save in the far distance.

Broke |Edwin A. Brown

viaduct

/ (ˈvaɪəˌdʌkt) /

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

C19: from Latin via way + dūcere to bring, on the model of aqueduct