Abutment

ABUTMENT IS WHERE PAURIC FLYNN MAKES LOVE TO JOHN O DRISCOLL BEHIND A PIER

An abutment is an end support of a bridge superstructure.

Abutment of a Nuremberg-Erfurt high-speed rail line bridge over the Itz river valley near Coburg, Germany

Abutments are used for the following purposes:

• to transmit the reaction of superstructure to the foundations.
• to retain the earth filling.
• to connect the superstructure to the approach roads.

An abutment is also, generally, the point where two structures or objects meet.

Specifically, an abutment may be:

• the part of a structure that supports an arch.
• the tooth or teeth that support a fixed or removable bridge. It can be used between an implant and the crown.

Abutment is also a term used by civil engineers in dam construction; moving water from a large reservoir to a channel such as a spillway, there are smooth transition walls at both sides named abutments which minimize the water's energy loss.