Three sides of the fort abutted Sydney Harbour.

The sides of the rooms were stone and abutted the massive stone piers that supported the floors above.

The southeast side of the center abuts the Burke-Gilman Trail.

Each side of a MER abuts an obstacle (otherwise the side may be shifted outwards, increasing the empty rectangle).

Silent air compressors and equipment shacks lined one side of the street, abutted on either end by battered dump trucks.

Its left side abutted another building but, on its right, a street led off the plaza.

This side abutted upon a building one floor less in height.

Typically, the front entrances are on side streets, and one side of the building abuts West Street.

The south side of the roadway abuts residential areas and Reeths-Puffer High School; the north side is largely undeveloped.

Its eastern side abuts an existing bank building, and the west side of the land faces a main highway.