Definition of viaduct
: a long elevated roadway usually consisting of a series of short spans supported on arches, piers, or columns
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The River Market is a quick drive up a viaduct that leads to Grand Boulevard, or a short walk across the Town of Kansas bridge.
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Originally built as a family home and photography studio, this 1,600-square-foot residence occupies the infill plot sitting under a 19th-century viaduct with still-active trains running above it.
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Compounding the danger was the fact that a short distance downstream, Keith Creek enters an underground viaduct and does not re-emerge for several hundred yards.
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Part of a 109-car BNSF Railway freight train derailed along a viaduct and embankment at River and Third streets on the city’s near West Side.
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Back in the 80s, those early graffiti writers would meet at the Illinois Centennial Monument in Logan Square for sketch sessions and then hop blue line trains to write on viaducts and in tunnels.
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In 2003, a grassroots neighborhood coalition began efforts for the creation of a park on the viaduct.
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In September, the city began construction on the viaducts, forcing the residents of the tent cities to leave.
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The viaduct is about five years younger than the Pulaski Skyway, the much longer, elevated highway that leads from the Turnpike toward the Holland Tunnel.
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Origin and Etymology of viaduct
Latin via way, road + English aqueduct
VIADUCT Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of viaduct for English Language Learners
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: a long, high bridge that carries a road or railroad over something (such as a valley)
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Definition of viaduct for Students
: a bridge for carrying a road or railroad over something (as a gorge or highway)
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