Talk:Viaduct

message: The bridge stub isn't entirely appropriate, as this article isn't about a specific bridge, so I would suggest it is removed or replaced - any comments? Lynbarn 08:26, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Initial comments 

message: This article didn't say anything at all about railroads. Nothing. So, I added some. Viaducts have been built in many big cities that are railroad centers, especially to cross the quite wide railroad yards that are located there, such as in Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia. Also, long viaducts do carry railroads over wide valleys and over city centers.72.146.43.188 (talk) 17:51, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Railroad Viaducts 

message: I'm wondering just how many of the viaducts listed qualify as well-known. Perhaps we should start a more complete list akin to the List of largest suspension bridges, and keep this list to a couple of particularly notable ones. In particular I don't think the recently added link to the Alaskan Way Viaduct qualifies as notable in any way, since many large cities have similar types of roadways. The photo from the viaduct's article could certainly be used as an example of a typical urban viaduct, but I don't think direct reference to the viaduct itself needs to be made. IntrigueBlue 08:20, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have gone ahead and removed the link, replacing it with the mentioned image illustrating potential uses for viaducts. Feel free to edit/revert if you disagree. IntrigueBlue
Because of the regional nature of defining well-known viaducts, I have created a new viaducts category, linked from the article proper, and removed the list from the article. I have added Category:Viaducts to all viaduct articles formerly linked from this page. Please do so for any that you may have come across that I missed.
I have also created a new stub for the Nusle Bridge (Nulesky most), since linking to the image is inappropriate. Please help to expand it if possible. IntrigueBlue 01:55, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Viaduct list 

message: Particularily in the mid-west United States viaduct or overpass is also called a vidock.  Most likely a mispronunciation of viaduct that just caught on.
The following link is a person describing directions.
http://www.whitesoxinteractive.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=66748&page=6
In these books vidock is also mentioned.
http://books.google.com/books?id=W_NbxQurmG0C&pg=PA71&lpg=PA71&dq=vidock&source=web&ots=x7nhkfWgiK&sig=DLO_n4TmAtoEybD9XhUR24i6EvM#PPA71,M1
http://books.google.com/books?id=lWHIKs-djPoC&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24&dq=vidock&source=web&ots=afk_b3qOMd&sig=2ZPmIFDypCVkApheh4evZkmVddo
http://books.google.com/books?id=Ef0TzhOrfGUC&pg=PA221&ots=2x5-gGOe5g&dq=vidock&sig=bLz66lNibrdK8Ky933AKZxw3NR8
:: Why a duck? 132.68.74.8 (talk) 08:05, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vidock 

message: re: viaduct and ponte, a resounding "huh?" Is that in the Latin? Is that in all of the Romance languages? In which Romance language is it "ponte"? You can't provide a single word and claim that it is part of tens of languages. They are all different. Tomalak Geret'kal (talk) 14:36, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: "Tens of languagues" - LOL. Ignoring all small offshoots and dialects (which is what we common folks really do), the Romance languages are Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian, Romanian, and the dead language of Latin. That only adds up to SIX. Don't try to split hairs. Now, on the other hand, "Latin" as in the language is always capitalized. The word "latin" means something else.72.146.43.188 (talk) 17:46, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Those are the stem words for the corresponding words in various Romance languages. Since all Romance languages stem from Latin, the corresponding words can be derived from viaduct and ponte (or rather, pons). For example, Italian ponte, Spanish puente, Portuguese ponte or French pont. Likewise, viaduct is viadutto in Italian, viaducto in Spanish and Portugues, and viaduc in French. The difference is that pons is always built to cross a water obstacle, viaduct always to a land obstacle. A pons which has many spans does not become a viaduct in Romance languages if even one span is across water.62.237.141.27 (talk) 08:59, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: So when I read the first paragraph of the article I imagined that aquaduct was a modern english language construction akin to television. But as viaducts aren't a modern invention, how is it that all the romance languages use it, if it wasn't a latin word? Seam.us (talk) 19:45, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Romance Languages 

message: I removed the prominent reference to Faribault.
Faribault does not contain a viaduct as the term is defined in this article and is not and has never been a rail center of more than strictly local significance.  The notable bridges in Faribault include a steel span carrying S.H. 60 across a rail line as well as the Straight River, a single stone arch span carrying a rail line over 7th Street, and an unusual stone span where two streets of relatively minor importance cross.  While the first of these, especially, is referred to by local residents as a "viaduct" (in this as in many other rural communities any highway crossing a railroad above grade is so named despite the more widely accepted definition), it is certainly not a notable structure that would serve as a useful example.
I left a note for the IP editor who added this reference.
Finally, I note that the Stone Arch Bridge is a historically significant structure perhaps 50 miles to the north, which may well bear mention in this article.
The Uninvited Co., Inc. 20:07, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Faribault 

message: The section of viaducts over water first states Viaducts over water make use of islands or successive arches, then in the next paragraph mentions the Millau Viaduct. That bridge neither makes use of islands, nor of successive arches. Either the first paragraph is wrong, or the wrong example has been picked. 62.216.5.216 (talk) 17:25, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Viaducts over water