underdeck

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ deck.

Pronunciation

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Noun

underdeck (plural underdecks)

  1. The part of a bridge that lies beneath the deck, or surface.
    • 2007 August 13, Samuel I. Schwartz, “Catch Me, I’m Falling”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:
      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.
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