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

Police say his car left the roadway, traveled onto the sidewalk and hit a bridge abutment.

From Washington Times • Jun. 15, 2016

All eight had been on a 37-foot boat at the mouth of the Patapsco River when the boat struck the abutment, shearing off a piece of the bow above the waterline.

From Washington Post • Jul. 26, 2015

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

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith