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Webster 1913 Edition


Viaduct

Viˊa-duct

,
Noun.
[L.
via
a way +
-duct
, as in
aqueduct
: cf. F.
viaduc
. See
Via
, and
Aqueduct
.]
A structure of considerable magnitude, usually with arches or supported on trestles, for carrying a road, as a railroad, high above the ground or water; a bridge; especially, one for crossing a valley or a gorge. Cf.
Trestlework
.