This article is about floodplain crossings for roads. For shallow waterway crossings, see Ford (crossing). For areas that are reserved for flood flows, see Floodplain § Flood control.
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]
A floodway on a gravel road
They are designed to be submerged under water, but withstand such conditions. Typically floodways are used when the flood frequency or time span is minimal, traffic volumes are low, and the cost of a bridge is uneconomic[2][3] – in most cases, in rural areas.
Floodway on Great Northern Highway, Western AustraliaFloodway and signs, eastern side of Southern Cross, Western AustraliaFloodway (road goes across the photo) in Baja California, Mexico. Note bridge behind it.
^Edmonds, Leigh (1997). The Vital Link: A History of Main Roads Western Australia 1926–1996. Nedlands, Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press. p. 184. ISBN1-875560-87-4.
^ abMRWA Waterways Section; BG&E Pty Ltd (24 April 2006). (PDF). Main Roads Western Australia. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^Austroads; Flavell, David; Audora, Henry (1994), Waterway design : a guide to the hydraulic design of bridges, culverts and floodways, Austroads, ISBN978-0-85588-440-6
Department of Transport and Main Roads (March 2010). "Chapter 10 Floodway Design" (PDF). Road Drainage Manual. Queensland Government.[permanent dead link]
Lokuge, Weena; Setunge, Sujeeva; Karunasena, Warna (2014). Investigating the performance of floodway in an extreme flood event(PDF). 1st International Conference on Infrastructure Failures and Consequences (ICFC 2014) 16–20 July 2014. Melbourne, Australia.
Greene, I.; Lokuge, W.; Karunasena f, W. (2020). Floodway Design Process Revisted(PDF). 25th Australasian Conference on Mechanics of Structures and Materials (ACMSM25), 4–7 December 2018. Brisbane, Australia – via University of Southern Queensland.
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