[Tagging] bridge=humpback ?

[Christopher Hoess]

On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 7:03 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com
> wrote:

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> The wiki says for viaduct
> A bridge composed of a series of short spans. The spans may be arches,
> girders supported by piers, etc.
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> We should remove the word "short", because this is relative and depends on
> the scale and design. A famous example is in France:
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> http://www.fosterandpartners.com/m/projects/millau-viaduct/images/gallery/
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Well, dictionary.com offers "a bridge for carrying a road, railroad, etc.,
over a valley or the like, consisting of a number of short spans", but I
agree with you in practice that the spans don't necessarily have to be
short, just that there have to be a reasonable number of something. I don't
think there's really a hard definition for what a viaduct is; it's a matter
of having a certain gestalt.

What about "A bridge composed of a series of spans, often short relative to
its overall length" as a definition?

Yours,

-- 
Chris
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