viaduct/ˈvaɪədʌkt/EtymologyA blend of Latin via (“highway; road”) + English (aque)duct.nounA bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley or other obstacles.“[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.”