rare–0. [Irreg. f. L. via way, after architecture.] (See quot.)
1842. R. Park, Pantology (1847), 447. We propose the term Viatecture, as nearly synonymous with Civil Engineering, to include the construction of roads and bridges, railroads, and canals, and water works; and the improvement of rivers and harbors. [Hence in Worcester (1846), etc.]
