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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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What To Know The project's contract includes the development of nine stations, a maintenance center, 12 viaducts, and seven pedestrian crossings.
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Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
The area is a rough triangle bounded by the 12th Street viaduct to the south, the Union Pacific Railroad tracks to the north, Santa Fe Street to the east and Liberty Street to the west.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Following the band’s tour bus crash in the U.K. in August 2012 — in which the vehicle plunged 30 feet off a viaduct near Bath, England, in heavy rain — Blickle was hospitalized for two weeks with fractured vertebrae.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
On July 8, storms dumped more than 5 inches in about 90 minutes near the United Center, overwhelming viaducts.
—Matt Reardon, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
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Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
The area is a rough triangle bounded by the 12th Street viaduct to the south, the Union Pacific Railroad tracks to the north, Santa Fe Street to the east and Liberty Street to the west.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Following the band’s tour bus crash in the U.K. in August 2012 — in which the vehicle plunged 30 feet off a viaduct near Bath, England, in heavy rain — Blickle was hospitalized for two weeks with fractured vertebrae.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
On July 8, storms dumped more than 5 inches in about 90 minutes near the United Center, overwhelming viaducts.
—Matt Reardon, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Viaduct.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/viaduct. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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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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