Viaduct

Definitions

A bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley or other obstacles.

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Examples

“[…] 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.”

“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⟳.]”

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