The term “viaduct” doesn’t really say anything about it’s design. In Latin, “via” means road and “duct” means to lead. “Aqueduct” means a structure that leads water. A “viaduct bridge” is a road that reverses an obstacle on s bridge, no matter the design of said bridge.
The etymological root of the word has little bearing on that word’s meaning in modern usage, tho I’ve never heard the term “viaduct bridge” to mean “designed to look like an aquaduct” before. As far as I’m aware they’re both just pillar bridges, one specifically for carrying water…
We’ve got a lot of them, if there’s one thing the Victorians loved more than industrialisation and traditions from the history of England, it was importing architecture and decoration from ancient history of Greece and Rome.
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at that height I wondered if it was Roman, apparently it is “viaduct bridge”, which is a type of bridge designed to look like an aqueduct.
The term “viaduct” doesn’t really say anything about it’s design. In Latin, “via” means road and “duct” means to lead. “Aqueduct” means a structure that leads water. A “viaduct bridge” is a road that reverses an obstacle on s bridge, no matter the design of said bridge.
The etymological root of the word has little bearing on that word’s meaning in modern usage, tho I’ve never heard the term “viaduct bridge” to mean “designed to look like an aquaduct” before. As far as I’m aware they’re both just pillar bridges, one specifically for carrying water…
We’ve got a lot of them, if there’s one thing the Victorians loved more than industrialisation and traditions from the history of England, it was importing architecture and decoration from ancient history of Greece and Rome.