abutment

Example Sentences

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“When you’re plowing the road you need to know where the bridge abutment is and where the expansion joints are so you don’t hook that with a plow,” LaBoe said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2021

In 2020, a 16-inch city water main burst at a bridge abutment over I-40 and dumped roughly 500,000 gallons on the freeway, a main freight route from California ports.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2021

There was a stone abutment retaining wall with rocks on the other side and the ocean below.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2021

Construction vehicles will use the road when building the abutment of a bridge that will carry light-rail trains over Colesville Road, Julian said.

From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2019

I scrambled back up the bank to the bridge’s abutment.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith