On 8 May 2010 12:37, John Henderson <snow...@gmx.com> wrote: > On 08/05/10 11:57, John Smith wrote: > >> What is the difference between a ford and a floodway/causeway? I >> thought they were the same thing. > > I've always understood a causeway to be a longish raised road that keeps > you out of the water when travelling across an otherwise wet area.
This got covered in the past, depending where you live, depends on what you think a causeway is... > And a floodway to be a section of road that you wouldn't usually need to > slow for, but which might be subject to brief flooding after local rain. If a causeway/floodway is signed you usually should slow down for them cause they can be nasty little dips you will bottom out in... _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
