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English translation: bridge abutment apron

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Dutch term or phrase:	rok brug
English translation:	bridge abutment apron
Entered by:	Ken Cox

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11:15 Nov 15, 2007

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Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general) / bridges - Belgian

Dutch term or phrase: rok brug

Herstelling waterdichte rok brug over Zenne.
this is a railway bridge

I can't find anything about "rok brug" ?skirt bridge. I am also puzzled about this "waterdichte"

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Andre de Vries KudoZ activity Questions: 1019 (2 open) (38 closed without grading) Answers: 312
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bridge apron

Explanation:
More or less a guess, and I'd say 'waterproof' instead of 'watertight'.

IMO the aprons are the hardened surfaces of the bridge abutments -- see the photo at:

http://images.google.nl/imgres?imgurl=http://ovhalle.thomste...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-11-15 13:15:46 GMT)
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it might also be called skirting (have fun googling...)

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