abutment

How about we preserve and protect the eye-catching murals that adorn L.A.’s walls and freeway abutments?

Plans also call for the use of Ashlar stone cladding for the bridge piers, and abutments and walls near the George Washington Memorial Parkway.

A minute later, the Cadillac slammed into a rock abutment wall at nearly 90 mph.

Another vehicle drove off the east bridge abutment and landed on its roof.

Though the project is driven largely by the need to connect landscape, another challenge involves development of “natural-looking” abutments, approach slopes and walls expected to provide potential homes for small animals, birds and insects.