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viaduct
noun
via·duct
ˈvī-ə-ˌdəkt 
: a long elevated roadway usually consisting of a series of short spans supported on arches, piers, or columns
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Regarding the dilemma of how to link up the Diridon Station with the Berryessa BART station economically, how about a viaduct across town instead of a tunnel?
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Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
The four-story building will be developed on what's now a parking lot for a former Miller Brewing back office building − just south of the Wisconsin Avenue viaduct.
—Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2024
At this point, the team was only around 350 yards from the viaduct at the mouth of the gorge.
—Myke Cole and Michael Livingston, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2024
Farther north, crews worked atop a viaduct that will carry the high-speed line above existing freight tracks that cut across the state north to south.
—Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
The properties included a former slaughterhouse just west of the casino and a research and development facility just east of the casino and 16th Street viaduct.
—Daniel Bice, Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024
Two dozen major structures, such as viaducts and bridges, have not even started construction.
—Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2023
Covington police found Stewart unconscious with a gunshot wound on the 15th Street viaduct over the railroad tracks between Madison Avenue and Russell Street.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 3 Jan. 2024
During the partial Green Line closure, the MBTA expects to eliminate a speed restriction on the viaduct and integrate track switches, power lines, signal equipment, and digital equipment connecting the Union Square and Medford branches to the MBTA’s control center.
—Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2022
Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
The four-story building will be developed on what's now a parking lot for a former Miller Brewing back office building − just south of the Wisconsin Avenue viaduct.
—Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2024
At this point, the team was only around 350 yards from the viaduct at the mouth of the gorge.
—Myke Cole and Michael Livingston, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2024
Farther north, crews worked atop a viaduct that will carry the high-speed line above existing freight tracks that cut across the state north to south.
—Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
The properties included a former slaughterhouse just west of the casino and a research and development facility just east of the casino and 16th Street viaduct.
—Daniel Bice, Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024
Two dozen major structures, such as viaducts and bridges, have not even started construction.
—Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2023
Covington police found Stewart unconscious with a gunshot wound on the 15th Street viaduct over the railroad tracks between Madison Avenue and Russell Street.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 3 Jan. 2024
During the partial Green Line closure, the MBTA expects to eliminate a speed restriction on the viaduct and integrate track switches, power lines, signal equipment, and digital equipment connecting the Union Square and Medford branches to the MBTA’s control center.
—Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2022
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viaduct
noun
via·duct
ˈvī-ə-ˌdəkt
: a bridge for carrying a road or railroad over something (as a gorge or a highway)
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