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A low-water crossing (also known as an Irish bridge or Irish Crossing, causeway in Australia, low-level crossing or low-water bridge) is a low-elevation roadway traversing over a waterbody that stays dry above the water when the flow is low, but is designed to get submerged under high-flow conditions such as floods.
Fords may be impassable during high water. A low-water crossing is a low bridge that allows crossing over a river or stream when water is low but may be treated as a ford when the river is high and water covers the crossing. The word ford is both a noun (describing the water crossing itself) and a verb (describing the act of crossing a ford).
A floodway is a flood plain crossing for a road, built at or close to the natural ground level. [1] It is similar to a causeway, but crosses a shallow depression that is subject to flooding, rather than a waterway or tidal water. [2] They are designed to be submerged under water, but withstand such conditions.
There are several low-water crossings instead of bridges along some of the roads on the island. High water could make traveling through these areas very dangerous.
Low water levels in the Mississippi River have been approaching a historic low for the last week. At least eight barges have run aground due to the drop in water level, the AP reported.
Low water crossing, a non-moving bridge that is sometimes submerged; Moveable bridges for a list of other moveable bridge types; Table bridge, a similar bridge that moves upward; Underwater bridge, a non-moving military bridge that is always submerged
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25 people were rescued from a low water crossing during a thunderstorm warning by several emergency crews in Sabino Canyon, Tucson, Arizona, on Friday August 12, according to the Tucson Fire ...