[Ads-l] _viaduct_ "overpass"

[Geoffrey Steven Nathan]

This conversation tickled a memory, and sure enough (note date of construction):

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Edward_Viaducthttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Edward_Viaduct


Geoff  Nathan
Geoffnathan at wayne.edu<mailto:Geoffnathan at wayne.edu>

On Jun 18, 2016, at 9:14 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM<mailto:wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>> wrote:

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My grandmother called them "viaducts," too, and she applied the word
to highway overpasses as well.

She was born long before there were any highway overpasses.

JL

On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 11:11 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com<mailto:hwgray at gmail.com>> wrote:
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 9:55 PM, Herb Stahlke <hfwstahlke at gmail.com<mailto:hfwstahlke at gmail.com>> wrote:

viadock


Close, but no cigar. It's "vie-dock" in StL BE.


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