railway viaduct
Bridge for trains
A railway viaduct is a long elevated bridge structure that carries train tracks across a valley, river, or urban area.
Typically built with a series of arches or spans, railway viaducts were engineering hallmarks of the 19th century, allowing rail lines to maintain level grades across uneven terrain: The train crossed the ancient railway viaduct spanning the gorge.
- train tracksMetal rails for locomotives
- heritage siteProtected location of significance
- archCurved spanning structure
- brick archesCurved structures of stacked blocks
- stone pillarsFreestanding vertical rock structures
station · pier · truss · industrial revolution · abutment · masonry · civil engineering · Victorian architecture · span · iron bridge · wildlife corridor · train crossing · train depot · girder · cantilever · freight yard · signal box · ironwork
railway viaductrailway tunnel
Enclosed passage for trains
rail tunnel · tunnel · underground railway · subway tunnel · underpass
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