bridge deck
Americannoun
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a deck on top of a bridge house; flying bridge.
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the first deck in a bridge house.
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the deck from which a vessel is usually operated; the location of the pilot house.
Example Sentences
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“Caltrans is focused on delivering a needed bridge deck replacement project and is collaborating with our partners on those efforts,” the department said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2025
Eight people who were working on the bridge deck repairing potholes fell into the Patapsco river.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2024
Engineers will be inspecting the freeway’s columns and bridge deck.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2023
“Can you open a few lanes? Can you retrofit the columns? Is the bridge deck intact to allow for a few lanes to remain open again?”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 12, 2023
The firemen, if they have to communicate with the bridge, never come higher than the stairway to the bridge deck, and it proved that no one of them had been there.
From The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday by Blunden, Edmund
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