the entire portion of a bridge structure which primarily receives and supports traffic loads and in turn transfers these loads to the bridge substructure
that part of a bridge above the bridge seats, above the spring line of the arches or above the bottom of the caps That part of a building or other structure which is carried upon any main supporting level, as a foundation wall
{i} part of a building located above the foundation; structure that is built on top of another; something that is based upon something else
Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis all that part of a building above the basement