Underdeck
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Underdeck is a noun meaning The part of a bridge that lies beneath the deck, or surface.
Meaning
The part of a bridge that lies beneath the deck, or surface.
Example Sentences
During my nearly 20 years as an engineer with the New York City Department of Transportation, I witnessed numerous bridge failures, including the collapse of the West Side Highway in 1973, the fatal snap of a Brooklyn Bridge cable in 1981, and the 1989 fall of a concrete slab from the underdeck of Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive, which crushed a Brooklyn dentist in his car.
Word Forms
- underdecks
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include underboard, underbridge, afterdeck, understructure, understage, underpart.
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