Low-water crossing
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low-water-crossing-170-1843749
title:
Low-water crossing
text:
A low-water crossing 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. This type of crossing is much cheaper to build than a high bridge that keeps the road surface consistently above the highest water level, and is usually deployed in semi-arid areas where high-volume rainfall is rare and the existing channel is shallow, particularly in developing countries. Low-
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encyclopedia
description:
Roadway usable only at low water levels
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-water_crossing
date created:
2006-01-30T12:24:14Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T04:29:03Z
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