: a long elevated roadway usually consisting of a series of short spans supported on arches, piers, or columns
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Designed by structural engineer Michel Virlogeux and architect Norman Foster, the viaduct combines elegant design with structural strength, making it as much a work of art as a transportation artery.—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025 The team across the Causeway — the highway viaduct that connects Yolo County and Sacramento — would be the Sacramento State Hornets.—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025 More than a third of the lost cash, or $327 million, was pegged to the Allston Multimodal Project, an overhaul of the Mass Pike in Allston that would have seen the replacement of viaducts with a ground-level highway and a new transit hub, among other things.—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025 Traffic has slowed on I-75 as crews work to clear the viaduct above.—Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for viaduct
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