The street surface was heaving like a sea.
This method worked well for digging soft dirt and gravel near the street surface.
The station is between 11 and 27 m below the street surface, lying 6 to 8 metres below the water table.
Gunfire from the third man's assault rifle ripped into the street surface beside him.
Bullets sparked across the Mazda and whined from the wet street surface.
They'd laid dinner plates on the street surface.
By using the canal bed, the underground section is only 2-3 meters under the street surface, and was the world's shallowest metro.
Thus the underground section is only 2-3 meters under the street surface, and was the world's shallowest metro.
With her feet together she made the little jump from the curb to the street surface, then back again.
Historically speaking, footpaths were finished at right angles to the street surface with conventional curb treatments.