How to Use viaduct in a Sentence
viaduct
noun-
The city does not own the main viaduct on the east side of Broad Street.
— Inga Saffron, Philly.com, 19 Apr. 2018 -
At this point, the team was only around 350 yards from the viaduct at the mouth of the gorge.
— Myke Cole and Michael Livingston, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2024 -
Then, a few weeks ago, Ray found out the viaduct was to be closed and torn down.
— Vianna Davila, The Seattle Times, 13 Jan. 2019 -
Late on the first Monday of 2022, a handful of cars drove across the viaduct.
— Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2022 -
For the viaduct project, one lane each way will be closed for the next 2½ years, 24 hours per day.
— David Porter, Fox News, 21 Aug. 2018 -
The water from the viaduct flooded over the street and the current was strong enough to pull the car in.
— Tonya Alanez, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2022 -
The eastbound lanes of I-70 over the viaduct will remain open.
— Robert A. Cronkleton, kansascity, 5 Feb. 2018 -
Also called the East Avenue Bridge, the viaduct opened in 1938.
— New York Times, 12 Mar. 2018 -
The viaduct exists to this day and is part of a DART streetcar route.
— Alyssa Fernandez, Dallas News, 15 Aug. 2020 -
Barely three weeks old, the viaduct has done a lot of living.
— Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2022 -
But Keith said 60 percent of the tracks will be on viaducts.
— Brandon Formby and Sanya Mansoor, star-telegram.com, 7 May 2017 -
But, for now, city officials said the viaduct bridge is safe.
— Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 5 July 2022 -
The viaduct replacement could begin in the next five years.
— Jenna Carlesso, courant.com, 23 June 2017 -
Just past Madera the train passes bridges and viaducts being built for high-speed rail.
— Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, 29 June 2019 -
Decades ago, Mission and I had come to L Boogie’s tower by the viaduct on the north side.
— Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023 -
Behind them, at the entry to the main viaduct, stood two sturdy steel gates.
— Inga Saffron, Philly.com, 19 Apr. 2018 -
The Fusion crashed 11 blocks away into a pillar of a viaduct.
— Jeremy Gorner, chicagotribune.com, 20 Mar. 2021 -
For others, the viaduct is a neighborhood spot, somewhere to take kids at the end of a long day.
— Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2022 -
The last train traveled the rails in 1984 and the viaduct was left to deteriorate.
— Washington Post, 9 June 2018 -
This would have cured the walling effect of the viaduct, but would not have solved the traffic congestion.
— Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2023 -
Portune has led the effort to get a $335 million viaduct built.
— Jason Williams, Cincinnati.com, 29 Sep. 2017 -
Their route took them under the blocklong viaduct along 63rd Street near State Street.
— Paige Fry, chicagotribune.com, 28 June 2018 -
Their route took them under the dingy, blocklong viaduct along 63rd Street near State Street.
— Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, 23 May 2018 -
The viaduct will be replaced by a below-grade trench that’s being dug next to the freeway.
— Jon Murray, The Denver Post, 8 Aug. 2019 -
People parked on the viaducts downtown and filled parking decks.
— Joe Songer, AL.com, 4 July 2017 -
Grab a seat on the left-side of the train for the best views of the Glenfinnan viaduct, the bridge Harry travels over on his journey to Hogwarts.
— Erin Gifford, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Mar. 2017 -
The location, with the eyesore of the viaduct looming behind, is far from scenic.
— Seattle Sketcher Gabriel Campanario, The Seattle Times, 13 Feb. 2018 -
Just over the viaduct, change also has come to the American Velvet Mill.
— Cathy Alter, Washington Post, 7 June 2019 -
Cawley and her colleagues from the ensemble Mantra Percussion were at the viaduct, which runs along Queens Boulevard and under the 7 train, to test the sound of its vaulted ceiling.
— Joshua Barone, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024 -
The downtown fire broke out on a chilly morning at one of the airspace Caltrans properties, where piles of wooden pallets fueled flames that raged under the freeway viaduct for hours.
— Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024
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