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• There was flooding in the streets between the riverfront and the viaduct.From the entry in the streets
• We have nine wooden viaducts along the line - it's an ongoing programme," he says.2020 August 12, Andrew Mourant, “The tide is turning for a Victorian wonder”, in Rail, page 50. From the entry ongoing
• There are few sights that leave a railway lover more wistful than a desolate railway viaduct no longer carrying tracks.2025 November 26, Tim Dunn, “Lost and found: historical assets”, in RAIL, number 1049, page 55. From the entry forlorn
• It's not the longest or tallest viaduct in Britain, but the landscape upon which it sits makes for a stunning backdrop.2025 October 1, Chris Howe, “Top 10: Britain's most significant rail bridges: Ribblehead Viaduct”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 57. From the entry longest
• Such was the damage, it left the viaduct at risk of being closed permanently – and with it, the entire line.2020 August 12, Andrew Mourant, “The Tide is Turning for a Victorian Wonder”, in Rail, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN…. From the entry shipworm
• High up on the viaduct, and approached by a spidery staircase from the street, it looks down on Southwark Cathedral.1948 March and April, “A Keypoint in an Intensive Service”, in Railway Magazine, page 115. From the entry spidery
• We further find that the viaduct or overhead plan will be more economical than the subway or underhead plan.1921, Railroad Commission of Wisconsin, Opinions and Decisions of the Railroad Commission. From the entry underhead
• Meanwhile, ground-level teams are working in the River Finnan to protect the viaduct piers from erosion - a risk that's increasing due to climate change.2024 July 24, “Network News: Glenfinnan Viaduct refresh at new heights”, in RAIL, number 1014, page 9. From the entry finnan
• The sea wall was breached completely for a distance of over 50 yd., and the gap had to be bridged by a temporary timber viaduct.1947 January and February, H. A. Vallance, “The Sea Wall at Dawlish”, in Railway Magazine, page 18. From the entry bridge
• Among the more serious incidents was the collapse of part of the viaduct carrying the G.W.R. over the River Wye, at Strangford, Herefordshire.1947 May and June, “Snow, Frost and Flood”, in Railway Magazine, page 129. From the entry Strangford
• We coast down the grade towards the Chapel Milton viaducts, two neighbouring structures that carry freight trains either west or east onto the Hope Valley Line.2025 July 9, David Stubbings, “Cementing a strong relationship”, in RAIL, number 1039, page 49. From the entry Chapel Milton
• Without this foresight, many more structures would now be suffering the fate of the viaduct at Nuneham, which was literally collapsing in plain sight (albeit in extreme slow motion).2023 June 28, Sir Michael Holden, “Comment: 'There will be more Nunehams'”, in RAIL, number 986, page 3. From the entry slow motion
• Where the viaduct crosses the lake, the piles will be bored directly into the lakebed, using a cofferdam to hold back the water while the pier is built.2022 January 12, “Network News: First pier cast for HS2's Colne Valley Viaduct”, in RAIL, number 948, page 10. From the entry cofferdam
• Senior Project Manager Mark Clapp says: "There is so much space here that we can self-deliver all the final materials we need for the tunnels and viaduct.2021 July 14, Paul Stephen, “A portal into the future”, in RAIL, number 935, page 52. From the entry self-deliver
• At Hawick, nothing remains of the station, and the viaduct over the River Teviot is one of a number of bridges that were demolished or removed following closure.2020 May 6, Graeme Pickering, “Borders Railway: time for the next step”, in Rail, page 53. From the entry demolish
• On leaving the station, the line uses a new 'Bowstring' bridge to cross the actual Shoreditch High Street and join the old NLR viaducts to head north to Dalston.2020 May 20, Paul Bigland, “East London Line's renaissance”, in Rail, page 47. From the entry bowstring bridge
• Five hundred miles of moonlit fields and sleeping villages; of black towns and unsleeping furnaces; rain, fog, and frost; snow flurry and flood; tunnel and viaduct.1996, Josephine Tey, The Singing Sands, page 9. From the entry unsleeping
• These lines survive, but who now recalls a journey to Macmerry, or to Carmyllie, or spares a thought for the Solway Junction Railway with its gaunt and lonely viaduct?1958 July, J. P. Wilson, “Scottish Soliloquy”, in Railway Magazine, page 495. From the entry gaunt
• That short journey to Brighton was like a microcosm of the railway universe, embracing as it did a tunnel, a viaduct, two junctions, and two termini!1953 April, Henry Maxwell, “Abandoned Railway Stations”, in Railway Magazine, page 271. From the entry microcosm

Meaning of viaduct

1. noun A bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley or other obstacles.

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How do you use viaduct in a sentence?

Viaduct is used as a noun. For example: “There was flooding in the streets between the riverfront and the viaduct.”

What is a short sentence with viaduct?

“There was flooding in the streets between the riverfront and the viaduct.”

What does viaduct mean?

Viaduct means a bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley or other obstacles.