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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Almost a quarter of a century on, the aluminium bridge deck is "beginning to become worn", the spokesperson said.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2025
They have taken samples of the freeway columns and bridge deck to determine the extent of the fire’s damage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
Engineers will be inspecting the freeway’s columns and bridge deck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2023
Her left hind leg was splayed across the bridge deck, and her front hooves were hooked over the side of the bridge.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 2023
This was Mead’s story, but the boy’s seemed to support it; and when in the shadows of the bridge deck, earnestly and without trimming, he told it me, it seemed very true.
From The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday by Blunden, Edmund
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