Ford (crossing)

Ford
	Rawney Ford on the Bothrigg Burn, a tributary of the White Lyne in Cumbria, England
Carries	Traffic
Span range	Short
Material	Usually none (natural, preexisting), but sometimes supplemented with concrete or asphalt for vehicles.
Movable	No
Design effort	None or low
Falsework required	No

A ford is a shallow place with good footing where a river or stream may be crossed by wading, or inside a vehicle getting its wheels wet.^[1] A ford may occur naturally or be constructed. 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).

^ Thompson, Della, ed. (1995). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English (Ninth ed.). Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-861320-6.

[1] Thompson, Della, ed. (1995). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English (Ninth ed.). Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-861320-6.

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