Looking around on Bridgehunter the other day, I had found a low water bridge right here in Union County. I had no idea we had any of these. Of course, there are more well known ones, like the Potomac Low Water Bridge.
https://goo.gl/maps/tYyQULDdYGr (https://goo.gl/maps/tYyQULDdYGr)
Looking around the immediate vicinity on google maps, I found a few more:
https://goo.gl/maps/NRsPFN4D1My (https://goo.gl/maps/NRsPFN4D1My)
https://goo.gl/maps/Xo6wTEdC81J2 (https://goo.gl/maps/Xo6wTEdC81J2) (I'm surprised at the weight limit on this one)
https://goo.gl/maps/6YqwSrLzvPp (https://goo.gl/maps/6YqwSrLzvPp)
However, despite lots of searching on GSV/Google Maps, I have yet to come across a water ford, which leads me to believe they're pretty rare here in the US. Looking for some via simple google search, I found a ford/low water bridge design guide, which is an interesting look at.
http://www.ctre.iastate.edu/pubs/lwscguide.pdf (http://www.ctre.iastate.edu/pubs/lwscguide.pdf)
Link is dead so here's a Google Drive copy:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VYGye9rumm90YkQ5h7gTeMn_OPwXY74I/view?usp=sharing
Building one in the first place seems like tempting fate, but that's just me.
Very interesting! Thanks for the link to the Iowa manual.
I used to cross a vented ford in Arizona several times every year on 115th Avenue (now renamed as Avondale Boulevard) where it met the Gila River right by the Phoenix International Raceway (now called ISM Raceway). Back in the late 1970s, they had to cancel a scheduled IndyCar race because the river had flooded and the track was totally inaccessible. By the mid 1980s, the opening of a couple of bridges downstream from PIR had eliminated the problem of track access when the river was flowing, but it took until the late 1990s for a bridge to be built on 115th Avenue itself. It was always a strange feeling to cross that ford and look upstream and see the confluence of the Salt & Gila Rivers just a few feet away. Made one glad that AZ is so dry most of the time!
Some other discussion on this...
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=9552.0
I know Virginia has a few scattered around on signed secondary routes...
Ran into a ford of a creek in Point Reyes National Seashore last year on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard. The water was way higher on the way in, I had to check to make sure it was shallow enough to cross through:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/585/32990075991_7328fe48fa_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SgdLeD)IMG_4487 (https://flic.kr/p/SgdLeD) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
In general in the western states at-grade fords are fairly common in very rural areas, especially in deserts with washes. Panoche Road west of where I'm at in the Diablo Range has a particularly nasty at-grade ford which is pretty much impossible to cross in wet weather.
CA 138 east of the CA 18 junction near the Los Angeles-San Bernardino county line has an undulating section crossing gullies and the small ridges separating them; these effectively become fords during rainstorms (that area is prone to monsoon storms coming up from the Gulf of California). During protracted storm periods the highway is often closed from CA 18 east to Phelan -- that stretch of road is "flash flood bait"! There has been periodic talk of upgrading the route onto some sort of berm -- but projects on 138 -- particularly in San Bernardino County -- have been effectively put on hold until plans for the High Desert ("E-220") toll facility planned for several miles north are finalized.
Additionally, hog trough bridges are also interesting. (Also found out of these via bridgehunter)
A quick google images search reveals how precarious these were. There were only ever a few of them to exist.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.supertopo.com%2Fphotos%2F31%2F81%2F439611_31263_L.jpg&hash=90a656f0f0cebd079f1208916475ea964c0a39ab)
Does the Brookfield Floating Bridge (VT 65 over Sunset Lake in Brookfield VT) count?
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Brookfield+Floating+Bridge/@44.0425453,-72.6050067,89m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x4cb4de61e0413355:0xe4e74d36cc8c84af!2sTunbridge,+VT!3b1!8m2!3d43.9198761!4d-72.4782827!3m4!1s0x4cb51be605ce852f:0xea2de48bba82cc86!8m2!3d44.042544!4d-72.6046997
https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/1375
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g57198-d9758125-Reviews-Sunset_Lake_Floating_Bridge-Brookfield_Vermont.html
Replaced a low water bridge in 2014. I drove across the old bridge a few times in the past, one time when the water was almost up to the roadway.
Warren County - Route 613 (Indian Hollow Road) Bridge
http://www.virginiadot.org/projects/staunton/warren_county_-_route_613.asp
The project is located on Route 613 (Indian Hollow Road) in Warren County, from Route 628 to .30 mile north of Route 628, in the Bentonville area. Currently there is a low-water bridge over the South Fork Shenandoah River and to the north there is a small bridge across an abandoned channel. There are no existing bicycle or pedestrian accommodations on these two crossings.
A $4,412,447 construction contract was awarded to Kanawha Stone Company, Inc. of Nitro, West Virginia in spring 2013.
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Photos here including one of the old bridge --
http://easternvault.net/prestressed-precast-concrete-project/warren-county-route-613-indian-hollow-road-bridge/
I've driven across a few in West Virginia. One was near Moundsville and the secondary route just simply ended at the water. The water wasn't terribly swift or high and it was fairly simple (with some planning) to get through the ford with no problem. The secondary route began again on the other side.
The scariest ford was in Vermont. The water appeared shallow but was deeper than I thought. I drive a Subaru Outback, so when the water lapped up to the hood, I floored the Subie and pushed through, making it out to the other end with no problem.
One that I had driven multiple times, on SR-624/Morgan Ford Rd over the Shenandoah River, was replaced last January. Probably Virginia's busiest low water bridge while still extant, since it provided a good way to cut over to US-340/522 north from I-66 exit 13 (via Dismal Hollow Rd), without having to drive through Front Royal.
Other low water bridges in Virginia that I believe still exists:
- SR-622/Minebank Rd, Cedar Creek, north of Strasburg.
- SR-610/Bucks Mill Rd, Passage Creek, east of Strasburg. I've also driven over this one multiple times, and still sometimes think about how this was once VA-55's original routing.
- SR-635/Bowman Mill Rd, Cedar Creek, just outside Strasburg.
- SR-720/Crooked Run Rd, Crooked Run, near Bayse
- SR-667/Lupton Rd, Shenandoah River North Fork, northeast of Woodstock
- SR-609/Hollingsworth Rd, same as above, also same as above
As for fords in Virginia, I've stumbled across a few
- SR-758/George Walton Rd, North River, near Mount Solon. I haven't actually driven down this road, but I have seen the warnings about lack of turnaround space posted at both intersections on either side of the North River, which prompted me to check out satellite images of the area.
- SR-642/Lindsay Ln, Robertson River, Criglersville. Found this one by accident while trying to find a secondary road connection from US-33 to VA-231.
- SR-624/Peach Orchard Ln/Little River Rd, Black Branch/Bull Run, north of Haymarket. I can't say if this is an active ford anymore, but at one point, traffic at the formerly signalized intersection of US-15 and US-50 intersection (Gilbert's Corner) was so bad, drivers on northbound US-15 were actually fording the creek to cut over to points east. The Washington Post even did a write-up about this. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/26/AR2005122600918.html)
Edit: Corrected info on one crossing, added another.
HI 450 and HI 460 on Molokai island each have a ford, so the western and eastern ends of the island are cut off from the rest of the island after heavy rains.
Here's a photo of the one on HI 450 (part of the ford on the left, warning sign on the right):
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hawaiihighways.com%2Fmolokai-ford-crossing-large.jpg&hash=b22be06384e3ee7d47a7bd5efd211c7073fafbf3)
Quote from: oscar on June 09, 2018, 07:07:27 PM
HI 450 and HI 460 on Molokai island each have a ford, so the western and eastern ends of the island are cut off from the rest of the island after heavy rains.
Here's a photo of the one on HI 450 (part of the ford on the left, warning sign on the right):
I find it so utterly bizarre to go through with paving a road like that, but not bothering to raise the grade enough so the road doesn't flood.
Quote from: indexLooking around the immediate vicinity on google maps, I found a few more:
https://goo.gl/maps/NRsPFN4D1My
This one isn't a low-water crossing...it just happens to be a single lane bridge.
Quote from: seicerThe scariest ford was in Vermont. The water appeared shallow but was deeper than I thought. I drive a Subaru Outback, so when the water lapped up to the hood, I floored the Subie and pushed through, making it out to the other end with no problem.
Where was this? I wasn't aware we had any fords...at least not on the Class 2 or 3 town highways. And certainly not on the state highway system.
Quote from: froggie on June 09, 2018, 10:08:22 PM
Quote from: indexLooking around the immediate vicinity on google maps, I found a few more:
https://goo.gl/maps/NRsPFN4D1My (https://goo.gl/maps/NRsPFN4D1My)
This one isn't a low-water crossing...it just happens to be a single lane bridge.
Oops... Leave it to me to not pay attention to that.
There are a few low water bridges in Manistee County:
Six Mile Bridge Rd over Little Manistee River (Google Maps has the road system completely messed up north of the river: https://www.google.com/maps/@44.1850792,-86.1668399,619m/data=!3m1!1e3)
The aptly-named Low Bridge Rd over Pine River (This road may have been M-55 prior to the Cooley Bridge opening downstream; Google satellite images shows the road being flooded: https://www.google.com/maps/@44.2176462,-85.9027827,271m/data=!3m1!1e3)
Old Gulph Rd at Mill Creek Rd in Lower Merion Twp PA (suburban Philly) has a ford:
https://goo.gl/maps/DVCmArsi8XH2 (https://goo.gl/maps/DVCmArsi8XH2)
I thought there was another one in Lower Merion but can't remember where.
Quote from: froggie on June 09, 2018, 10:08:22 PM
Quote from: indexLooking around the immediate vicinity on google maps, I found a few more:
https://goo.gl/maps/NRsPFN4D1My
This one isn't a low-water crossing...it just happens to be a single lane bridge.
Quote from: seicerThe scariest ford was in Vermont. The water appeared shallow but was deeper than I thought. I drive a Subaru Outback, so when the water lapped up to the hood, I floored the Subie and pushed through, making it out to the other end with no problem.
Where was this? I wasn't aware we had any fords...at least not on the Class 2 or 3 town highways. And certainly not on the state highway system.
I need to find it. I think it was a town road - its next to a covered bridge. I haven't edited all of those photos from two years ago. :(
Quote from: jemacedo9 on June 15, 2018, 01:33:11 PM
Old Gulph Rd at Mill Creek Rd in Lower Merion Twp PA (suburban Philly) has a ford:
https://goo.gl/maps/DVCmArsi8XH2 (https://goo.gl/maps/DVCmArsi8XH2)
I'm surprised that I never heard about that when I lived near Villanova back in the 1970s.
Did it exist back then?
Quote from: Beltway on June 15, 2018, 03:21:11 PM
Quote from: jemacedo9 on June 15, 2018, 01:33:11 PM
Old Gulph Rd at Mill Creek Rd in Lower Merion Twp PA (suburban Philly) has a ford:
https://goo.gl/maps/DVCmArsi8XH2 (https://goo.gl/maps/DVCmArsi8XH2)
I'm surprised that I never heard about that when I lived near Villanova back in the 1970s.
Did it exist back then?
I don't know...I was aware of it in the late 80's. Those aren't state roads...they are twp roads.
Quote from: jemacedo9 on June 15, 2018, 01:33:11 PM
Old Gulph Rd at Mill Creek Rd in Lower Merion Twp PA (suburban Philly) has a ford:
https://goo.gl/maps/DVCmArsi8XH2 (https://goo.gl/maps/DVCmArsi8XH2)
I thought there was another one in Lower Merion but can't remember where.
Found it: https://goo.gl/maps/yzC4M6atMh22
Righters Mill Rd just north of Mill Creek Rd
Fillmore Glen State Park in Moravia, NY has a parking lot only accessible by driving through Enfield Creek.
I think another NYS Park has this setup, but I can't remember which. Stony Brook, maybe?
Only have a photo of one; it being this particularly low one off Power House Rd. near Great Cacapon, WV, pictured in 2013:
(https://i.imgur.com/KrnybGk.jpg)
Quote from: webny99 on June 15, 2018, 09:32:49 PM
Fillmore Glen State Park in Moravia, NY has a parking lot only accessible by driving through Enfield Creek.
I think another NYS Park has this setup, but I can't remember which. Stony Brook, maybe?
Treman (https://goo.gl/maps/yctV3MBPWLF2) in Ithaca and Newfield Towns.
Quote from: ftballfan on June 15, 2018, 05:32:17 PM
Quote from: jemacedo9 on June 15, 2018, 01:33:11 PM
Old Gulph Rd at Mill Creek Rd in Lower Merion Twp PA (suburban Philly) has a ford:
https://goo.gl/maps/DVCmArsi8XH2 (https://goo.gl/maps/DVCmArsi8XH2)
I thought there was another one in Lower Merion but can't remember where.
Found it: https://goo.gl/maps/yzC4M6atMh22
Righters Mill Rd just north of Mill Creek Rd
I wonder if those two exist "just for the novelty of it". Lower Merion Township and all that. Concrete pavement under the ford. Same creek, Mill Creek on both. Looks like those streams may never be more than a few inches deep in any case.
Quote from: cl94 on June 16, 2018, 11:00:44 PM
Quote from: webny99 on June 15, 2018, 09:32:49 PM
Fillmore Glen State Park in Moravia, NY has a parking lot only accessible by driving through Enfield Creek.
I think another NYS Park has this setup, but I can't remember which. Stony Brook, maybe?
Treman (https://goo.gl/maps/yctV3MBPWLF2) in Ithaca and Newfield Towns.
Yep, that's definitely it. Thanks!
Can't believe I forgot, having just been there last summer...
Quote from: ftballfan on June 15, 2018, 05:32:17 PM
Quote from: jemacedo9 on June 15, 2018, 01:33:11 PM
Old Gulph Rd at Mill Creek Rd in Lower Merion Twp PA (suburban Philly) has a ford:
https://goo.gl/maps/DVCmArsi8XH2 (https://goo.gl/maps/DVCmArsi8XH2)
I thought there was another one in Lower Merion but can't remember where.
Found it: https://goo.gl/maps/yzC4M6atMh22
Righters Mill Rd just north of Mill Creek Rd
That's the one - thanks!!
There are various fords in Utah's national parks across washes and the like.
Back when my mother was a kid in the 1950s, KY 122 and KY 777 were just creek beds in a lot of places back then.
There are lots of fords and low water bridges in Polk County, Arkansas. Many of them are forest service roads.
Here is CR 647 crossing the Ouachita River. This bridge is built solidly on the ground like a causeway but has tubes that run under the road similar to a culvert. When the river is up, water simply flows across the bridge. This bridge is notorious for flooding when the river is up:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.579758,-94.1525741,55m/data=!3m1!1e3
Here is CR 74 across the Irons Fork River:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.6167033,-94.1398807,69m/data=!3m1!1e3
There are also lots of fords where the creek is always above the road but unfortunately, they are all in thick forested areas and cannot be seen in aerial photographs.
Here's one near Beachton, OK on E1750:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.4867899,-94.5149637,69m/data=!3m1!1e3
There is also a paved ford on AR 926 near Bear in Garland County.
Here's a low water bridge that has been abandoned since the early 1980s on CR 48 over the Mountain Fork River in rural Polk County, Arkansas near Alder Springs:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.5617978,-94.3754277,77m/data=!3m1!1e3
Here's a picture of the bridge. Note that there is a fallen pier on the right side of the picture, south of the bridge. The fallen pier is from a bridge that was under construction when a flood knocked it and some other piers down:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2724/4288974427_b713962fa0_z.jpg)
Here's another shot of the same bridge:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3136/2690882573_05f3a68237_o.jpg)
Thank you for starting or reviving this topic. I remember seeing fords in British comedies and documentaries, but I didn't know how to get more information. I finally took the direct approach and asked Wikipedia, and it linked to Wet Roads UK (http://www.wetroads.co.uk/). That site has fords in other countries, including the US.
Before I found that site, I found a ford, bicycling on Tinkham Road in Mt. Baker Snoqualmie National Forest, a road closely paralleling Interstate 90. There is no pedestrian bridge, so luckily I had my bike so my feet didn't get wet. I came back a few years later with my digital camera, but there was no water then.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1809/29058939608_35617a40b6_m.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LgQEm9)Ford on Tinkham Road, Mt. Baker Snoquamie National Forest (https://flic.kr/p/LgQEm9) by Arthur Allen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/116988743@N07/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1802/42882559322_b11459f078_m.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/28kojT5)Ford on Tinkham Road, Mt. Baker Snoquamie National Forest (https://flic.kr/p/28kojT5) by Arthur Allen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/116988743@N07/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1829/41121267520_b563a18ef7_m.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/25DKfc3)Ford on Tinkham Road, Mt. Baker Snoquamie National Forest (https://flic.kr/p/25DKfc3) by Arthur Allen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/116988743@N07/), on Flickr
Further down the road there's a ford with passage for a small amount of water.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1769/42882553522_0ca3be415b_m.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/28koia5)Ford on Tinkham Road, Mt. Baker Snoquamie National Forest (https://flic.kr/p/28koia5) by Arthur Allen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/116988743@N07/), on Flickr
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/875/42932059711_5f70a4eaa2_m.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/28pL2C4)Ford on Tinkham Road, Mt. Baker Snoquamie National Forest (https://flic.kr/p/28pL2C4) by Arthur Allen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/116988743@N07/), on Flickr
Then on Maui on Makena Road I found this: A sign saying "DIP, Do not cross when water touches red on post." But the whole post is red. Google Street View. (https://goo.gl/maps/zdLukPjrep82) (Here's another flood ford (https://goo.gl/maps/1C6EfUpykjT2) further up the road.)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1786/28062805827_06ab7ea691_m.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JKPdtM)Floodable road in Maui (https://flic.kr/p/JKPdtM) by Arthur Allen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/116988743@N07/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1765/42882627492_5db8cacb60_m.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/28koF9q)Floodable road in Maui (https://flic.kr/p/28koF9q) by Arthur Allen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/116988743@N07/), on Flickr
White Pines Forest State Park near Oregon, Illinois has several fords to cross...
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9915222,-89.4716359,282m/data=!3m1!1e3
In Kirkwood (where I live half the time!) there exists a ford on W Monroe Ave as it winds through the woods behind Kirkwood Park. Most of the time there's no water and it was completely unsigned as a ford or a low water crossing until only a few years ago, when enough pressure from disgruntled residents forced the city to erect a warning in advance of the ford.
Here's how GSV imaged the ford on W Monroe Ave (https://goo.gl/maps/9TRcmXK2rNB2).
And the signs warning about the ford from the west (https://goo.gl/maps/9zT22Goen9C2) and the east (https://goo.gl/maps/VHeSHStaLyS2). Unfortunately, they're both in Arial. Can't blame a suburban town of 27,000 residents to care too much.
Interesting :hmmm:.....
had never heard of the term "Ford" to describe what is known down here in these parts of the U.S. basically as a "Low Water Crossing" :-|
Good term to know though and interesting topic/thread. :popcorn:
Quote from: Roadster on June 27, 2018, 06:59:14 PM
had never heard of the term "Ford" to describe what is known down here in these parts of the U.S. basically as a "Low Water Crossing" :-|
"Fording," even more generally, just means crossing a body of flowing water using a land vehicle.
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on June 27, 2018, 08:43:48 PM
Quote from: Roadster on June 27, 2018, 06:59:14 PM
had never heard of the term "Ford" to describe what is known down here in these parts of the U.S. basically as a "Low Water Crossing" :-|
"Fording," even more generally, just means crossing a body of flowing water using a land vehicle.
Anyone who has played Oregon Trail should be familiar with it.
don't think indiana has any
Quote from: silverback1065 on June 28, 2018, 03:33:51 PM
don't think indiana has any
There was likely once one across the West Fork of the White River on Henderson Ford Road in Morgan County, but it has LONG since been replaced by a bridge.
CA 25 used to have a bunch of fords over Lewis Creek when it ran on Lewis Creek Road. The alignment has been long been abandoned since it was replaced in the 1950s but one of the dirt fords visible in the center of the photo below:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4473/37755709566_132ed4d2d0_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ZwkT4L)IMG_8155 (https://flic.kr/p/ZwkT4L) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
I've crossed dozens of these in New Mexico; maybe over a hundred. On rural two lane roads where it only rains enough for a stream to flow once every year or two, they are more than adequate. I even encountered a place where the bridge was too dilapidated for traffic and was replaced with a ford. Probably a short term solution in that case, but still, it was interesting to see. (Sure enough, an investigation on the Google Earth shows the bridge has been replaced.)
That was NM 419 in the middle of starkly beautiful nowhere west of Mosquero.
There are dozens of these all throughout the Ouachita Mtns. in Arkansas, some as far north as Jack Creek and Knopper's Ford south of Booneville. They're very common on county and forestry service roads, nearly all of which are unpaved. Just not enough traffic to justify a greater investment.
Quote from: Beltway on June 16, 2018, 11:28:27 PM
Quote from: ftballfan on June 15, 2018, 05:32:17 PM
Quote from: jemacedo9 on June 15, 2018, 01:33:11 PM
Old Gulph Rd at Mill Creek Rd in Lower Merion Twp PA (suburban Philly) has a ford:
https://goo.gl/maps/DVCmArsi8XH2 (https://goo.gl/maps/DVCmArsi8XH2)
I thought there was another one in Lower Merion but can't remember where.
Found it: https://goo.gl/maps/yzC4M6atMh22
Righters Mill Rd just north of Mill Creek Rd
I wonder if those two exist "just for the novelty of it". Lower Merion Township and all that. Concrete pavement under the ford. Same creek, Mill Creek on both. Looks like those streams may never be more than a few inches deep in any case.
There used to be concrete-paved ford across Duck Creek in Pamperin Park in Green Bay when I was a kid. I loved it when my dad drove us through it. You can still see the concrete blocks under the water in Google imagery.
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.544797,-88.1032754,65m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
I have no idea how long it's been since the city removed the crossing or why it was removed.
Quote from: skluth on July 13, 2018, 10:17:46 PM
I have no idea how long it's been since the city removed the crossing or why it was removed.
The why seems obvious: it was completely unnecessary.
Surprises me that the concrete hasn't been removed, though. It's significant enough to encumber fish passage.
Quote from: silverback1065 on June 28, 2018, 03:33:51 PM
don't think indiana has any
The first one I ever came across was in Parke County, Indiana, and it was April...so it was flooded and we couldn't proceed. I wish I could go around the rural roads in Streetview so I can find it, but google's data there is sparing. It's covered bridge country, so there's a lot of wacky rural bridges. It might have been here? https://www.google.com/maps/place/Parke+County,+IN/@39.7810589,-87.1462165,277m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x886d4821a0e93fa3:0x70d77523ff4b70a1!8m2!3d39.6992946!4d-87.1422895
I can think of only two in Maryland. One ford and one low-water bridge (there were once other fords, but those have been closed or been replaced by bridges).
The ford is in Montgomery County, on West Old Baltimore Road in the Boyds area, not especially far from I-270. GSV here (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2180228,-77.3169964,3a,75y,176.76h,71.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sy1KnUlBwYgulbHBdEnjccA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
The low-water bridge is a toll (!) bridge over the North Branch of the Potomac River, near unincorporated Oldtown in Allegany County. It even has a Web site of its own here (http://www.oldtownbridge.com/index.htm).
The south landing of the bridge is in Green Spring, Hampshire County, West Virginia (but the entire bridge is in Maryland, because the state line is at the "low water mark" on the Virginia (now West Virginia) shore. GSV here (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5378071,-78.6131231,3a,75y,46.77h,81.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sRnTOSJqglBMvl9TaR5q27A!2e0!7i3328!8i1664) (the toll house can be seen in the distance).
Toll rates are regulated by the Maryland Public Service Commission.
I kind of want to try one in the pine barrens of NJ, does anybody know of any?
This one's not far from where I grew up. Howarth Road's crossing of Chrome Creek near Media, PA has a small guardrail-less one-lane "bridge" that frequently floods in high-water events. Even as a kid, I thought it was sketchy.
https://goo.gl/maps/Y8owNM3naDS2
The Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation (pre-TxDOT) maps from the 80s had separate symbols for concrete fords and natural fords. They no longer mark fords, although I'd think knowing about such features would be somewhat important. I know of only one natural ford. It was covered with concrete years ago, but I did drive over it before then back in the 90s. The pavement ended and the road was carried on the creek bed, which was bedrock, for about 30 feet. It wasn't exactly smooth, but it had only minor grooves and undulations and could easily be driven over in any car (as long as the water was low, obviously). I'd guess that motorcycles may have had a harder time because of having to slow to nearly a stop to prevent splashing and mitigate the possible danger from slipping on a slimy spot of moss.
I know of one other place with a similar arrangement, a very low concrete road with water flowing over it where the creek bed is relatively level solid rock and may have been a natural ford in the past.
this one is pretty low!
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8194297,-119.3832032,3a,75y,264.04h,79.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sf34rN3pcr8bM2hXX_raldA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
infact it's so low that two years ago the bridge was closed the entire summer almost because they were worried the river might flood over the Bridge!
Found what looks like a ford off of US 64 in Tyrrell County NC.
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9172198,-76.259571,216m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9170349,-76.2593815,3a,22.2y,29.1h,82.9t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svodpSls_yY4I2qIhVgzTRQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
can't tell if this a ford or not.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.7535353,-119.4517355,145m/data=!3m1!1e3
^ Looks to me (especially after looking at elevation on a topo map) like a bridge and not a ford.
fords don't have bridges, if it's a low bridge, it's a low water crossing.
Go to 3D imagery, then rotate the map, and it doesn't look much like a ford at all.
Quote from: silverback1065 on February 10, 2019, 09:14:17 AM
fords don't have bridges, if it's a low bridge, it's a low water crossing.
thanks i'll try to remember that next time.
Don't know if this bridge counts.. It only serves a grain elevator these days, but during periods of bad rain, I have seen it flooded..
https://goo.gl/maps/sGEdHg1iGM22
Quote from: inkyatari on February 11, 2019, 02:07:15 PM
Don't know if this bridge counts.. It only serves a grain elevator these days, but during periods of bad rain, I have seen it flooded..
https://goo.gl/maps/sGEdHg1iGM22
nope but nice find as it appears that it is abandoned!
Quote from: danthecatrafficlightfan on February 11, 2019, 02:08:17 PM
Quote from: inkyatari on February 11, 2019, 02:07:15 PM
Don't know if this bridge counts.. It only serves a grain elevator these days, but during periods of bad rain, I have seen it flooded..
https://goo.gl/maps/sGEdHg1iGM22
nope but nice find as it appears that it is abandoned!
Looks like the grain elevator it served is itself abandoned. This used to be the main drag into Lockport, IL at one time, but was replaced with a high level bridge in the early 70's
Quote from: inkyatari on February 11, 2019, 02:19:27 PM
Quote from: danthecatrafficlightfan on February 11, 2019, 02:08:17 PM
Quote from: inkyatari on February 11, 2019, 02:07:15 PM
Don't know if this bridge counts.. It only serves a grain elevator these days, but during periods of bad rain, I have seen it flooded..
https://goo.gl/maps/sGEdHg1iGM22
nope but nice find as it appears that it is abandoned!
Looks like the grain elevator it served is itself abandoned. This used to be the main drag into Lockport, IL at one time, but was replaced with a high level bridge in the early 70's
I've seen that from the truck, yeah it's abandoned. It seems that they may keep the bridge around for accessing the power lines.
I found this one on a recent field trip in central TExas:
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.219931,-96.597083,794m/data=!3m1!1e3
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.2202431,-96.5972077,3a,75y,214.18h,68.83t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1saUX6N2MpUPwrWXWxC_Rw5w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
What made this interesting to me is this was an early route of US75 north of Corsicana.
Found one in Arizona: https://goo.gl/maps/1m8ub9hHtBVnPLDQ6
Quote from: ErmineNotyours on October 23, 2020, 10:31:50 PM
Found one in Arizona: https://goo.gl/maps/1m8ub9hHtBVnPLDQ6
If memory serves me well from my time down that way years ago, that's not very uncommon there.
Quote from: kphoger on October 26, 2020, 09:08:06 AM
Quote from: ErmineNotyours on October 23, 2020, 10:31:50 PM
Found one in Arizona: https://goo.gl/maps/1m8ub9hHtBVnPLDQ6
If memory serves me well from my time down that way years ago, that's not very uncommon there.
They are very common in Arizona over dry washes. You can find them in places all throughout metro Phoenix. Off the top of my head there was a several in neighborhood I lived in Scottsdale. AZ 88 has a couple of them, one notable example being at Tortilla Flat just before the pavement ends.
My mom's home town has several low-level bridges over what are basically a glorified drainage ditch. If it rains for more than 12 hours, there is a good chance the roads might flood. My grandfather went out to get something across the river. For whatever reason, his tire decided to go flat. In the time it took him to change the tire, the road had started to flood. He was stuck there for a bit while the river calmed down. My grandfather tells y'all tails though, so I take it with a grain of salt.
In West Virginia, there are some lightly traveled county routes (mostly those that dead end) that ford creeks. These crossings always seem to just use the natural creek bed.
Low water crossings are more common. One of the more prominent examples is in Dickenson Mountain Road, just off US 220, at Franklin: https://goo.gl/maps/nEUhkeYBewkaFUox5 Morgantown has the "Subterranean Bridge" over Deckers Creek: https://goo.gl/maps/MaxyDH82vw6JxaN59
I don't think I've seen any permanent gates installed at any WV low water crossings. Normally, barrels or sawhorses will be set up if the crossing is closed.
I noticed that Avenue of the Giants had two that branched off towards the South Fork Eel River a couple weeks ago. I should have crossed the one on Helm's Flat Road had I had my wits about me.
Quote from: Bitmapped on November 03, 2020, 11:09:02 AM
In West Virginia, there are some lightly traveled county routes (mostly those that dead end) that ford creeks. These crossings always seem to just use the natural creek bed.
Low water crossings are more common. One of the more prominent examples is in Dickenson Mountain Road, just off US 220, at Franklin: https://goo.gl/maps/nEUhkeYBewkaFUox5 (https://goo.gl/maps/nEUhkeYBewkaFUox5) Morgantown has the "Subterranean Bridge" over Deckers Creek: https://goo.gl/maps/MaxyDH82vw6JxaN59 (https://goo.gl/maps/MaxyDH82vw6JxaN59)
I don't think I've seen any permanent gates installed at any WV low water crossings. Normally, barrels or sawhorses will be set up if the crossing is closed.
That first one has transverse grooving on the surface. That's actually pretty rare for a bridge like that. The number of examples you could find in the US of a grooved one-lane bridge is probably either in the single digits or very low if not the former, and it's probably the only grooved low water bridge in the whole country. Not a very interesting statistic but felt like pointing it out nonetheless, although to be fair this forum is like, the capital of useless statistics.
Back in college, a friend wanted me to go with him to Mountain Lake (one of only two natural lakes in Virginia) and then over the mountain to the border-locked town of Waiteville, West Virginia. On the way down Mountain Lake Road on the back side, we came to a ford with high water (about 2 feet). The road was freshly graveled with #2 rock, which is difficult to run in water at any depth. He insisted that we keep going, so I tried to get him to let me drive. (Also reminded him that this was probably one of several). Instead, we got knee-deep and he stopped. Then I had to get out and switch with him. It was about 30oF outside, and the water wasn't much warmer. We got out OK, and of course the water was deeper at the next ford. In all, there were three fords on the way down. IIRC, it was a 1972 Chevy Nova.
Looking at the map, these fords were on different creeks. Quite frankly, I was worried that we were going to cross the same creek numerous times, each time getting deeper (as is common on the West Virginia side).
It is not streetviewed, but one ford I went through regularly when growing up was on one of the NPS tour roads at Yorktown battlefield. The spur road to Washington's Headquarters crosses a small tributary of Beaverdam Creek via an unpaved ford, roughly here: https://www.google.com/maps/@37.2029371,-76.530907,299m/data=!3m1!1e3
The dirt segment of Panoche Road and the ford over Panoche Creek:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48030324006_9f8492fa47_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2gbgXYA)IMG_1824 (https://flic.kr/p/2gbgXYA) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
This was actually signed as CA 180 for a time but never was state maintained.
This (https://goo.gl/maps/jDQ23tx6VXsUpigv7) reservoir spillway ford has received enough flooding that the pavement is now in pretty rough shape. I've only driven across it while it was covered with water one time. Since then, though, I've become increasingly glad to be able to see the road surface because of all the dislodged rocks and chunks of concrete, potholes, and ruts.
Here's a nice one near Austin (https://www.google.com/maps/@30.3882191,-97.9134108,3a,75y,77.96h,88.54t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sNzQNFWDSTsWYoipF4uo26g!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DNzQNFWDSTsWYoipF4uo26g%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D73.30341%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656), just downstream of Mansfield Dam. Between the high and low bridges and the dam, I took a lot of photos around here.
The two fords of Warthan Creek on the Parkfield Grade west of Coalinga:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49632492461_e5d7b6c930_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iBRuQD)IMG_3350 (https://flic.kr/p/2iBRuQD) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49631971878_c27b6318b2_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iBNQ65)IMG_3351 (https://flic.kr/p/2iBNQ65) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49631971263_343f25f156_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iBNPUt)IMG_3353 (https://flic.kr/p/2iBNPUt) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49632491286_975d97fca1_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iBRuuo)IMG_3355 (https://flic.kr/p/2iBRuuo) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
Does this count? Ice surface road from Yellowknife to Dettah, Northwest Territories:
Winter (https://goo.gl/maps/hUfZkJKjwU7XDJALA)
Summer (https://goo.gl/maps/2jj8wxTbP77aiD6h8)
I'm sure I've mentioned this in another thread, but there's a ford (the Beaverdam Ford) on Jeb Stuart Road in Loudoun County, Virginia, but there's no Street View of it and I haven't found any good images online. I've never driven through it–the time I discovered there was a ford I was heading north on St. Louis Road (the only time to date I've used said road) and I saw the sign around the corner warning of a ford just a little too late. Meanwhile, there is no sign at the intersection on the nearby Snickersville Turnpike, a road I've used more often.
Ford location:
https://goo.gl/maps/sReNRK8JStrTtZM6A
Street View showing sign warning of ford ahead (you may have to pan the image since the link is from the Google Maps app):
https://goo.gl/maps/ZHq23WXGiPqkrzbdA
Edited to add–A Google search turned up an image this time: http://wikimapia.org/14763484/Beaverdam-Ford Hard to tell how deep the water is in that particular image, so I don't know whether I'd drive through it in that situation in any of our current cars.
Hartzog Ford Rd near Obids, NC
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.3170788,-81.4234182,3a,75y,117.08h,88.53t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s2K6Bk0cpu8E4SGP8GqnR6A!2e0!7i3328!8i1664
Quote from: ErmineNotyours on February 11, 2021, 07:16:07 PM
Does this count? Ice surface road from Yellowknife to Dettah, Northwest Territories:
More often called an "ice bridge" or "ice road". NWT has several of them. It used to have one crossing over Arctic Ocean waters, before that ice road was recently replaced with an all-season overland road.
The ice bridges generally cross over waters much too deep to ford. For Dettah, you can't make that crossing at all except in the winter, unless on a boat. Fortunately, there's an overland alternate route between Yellowknife and Dettah, though it's somewhat longer than the ice-bridge shortcut.
Why doesn't Google have an "Avoid Ice Bridges" option? :-D
Halcon Road over the Salinas River via a low water bridge near Atascadero:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51195175725_0030a5abe3_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kZWE8x)0 (https://flic.kr/p/2kZWE8x) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
Fords are relatively common in New Zealand, especially in rural areas
Here's some examples:
Wentworth Valley Road, near Whangamata (https://www.google.com/maps/@-37.2421825,175.8256821,3a,90y,7.75h,78.65t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1scXCiIXmjN-p0SAIfNSYUog!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en)
Grays Crossing Road, South Canterbury (https://www.google.co.nz/maps/@-44.5306474,171.115754,3a,75y,8.28h,74.52t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svEmjYapZUQXU8LcxuJxmbw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1)
Old Maratoto Road, Hikutaia (https://www.google.com/maps/@-37.2925417,175.703328,3a,75y,290.33h,74.64t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1ss5ye9reuy6RIRGkG_S3quA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en)
Victoria St, Thames (https://www.google.co.nz/maps/@-37.1106748,175.5234199,3a,75y,263.82h,73.93t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYYAAkVx3emWcD5gkzs5qIQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1)
Victoria St, Thames (second ford) (https://www.google.co.nz/maps/@-37.1087459,175.5289172,3a,75y,341.03h,88.42t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1su2Ag2iJL7trelLxnfO89Ug!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1)
Port Jackson Road, Coromandel Peninsula (https://www.google.co.nz/maps/@-36.5534986,175.3449861,3a,79.6y,299.34h,79t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srzGe3-w-c46Q9ee4Dg4GzA!2e0!7i3328!8i1664!5m1!1e1) (there are at least two more similar fords on this road)
Kaueranga Valley Road (near Thames) (https://www.google.co.nz/maps/@-37.1229548,175.6172075,3a,75y,34.64h,78.81t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s_CkUvtgBbW6dDyu0FaXc0g!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3D_CkUvtgBbW6dDyu0FaXc0g%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D232.62425%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1), and another example (https://www.google.co.nz/maps/@-37.0836282,175.645894,3a,75y,80.03h,84.08t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7LDd33RI45I5bSQEaFxiVA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1) (there are also a some fords across the river used to access properties like (https://www.google.co.nz/maps/@-37.1236342,175.6250689,3a,49.4y,180.62h,88.08t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1saGn1ehcbAn2HNQhJnZNxLw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DaGn1ehcbAn2HNQhJnZNxLw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D227.21461%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1) these (https://www.google.co.nz/maps/@-37.1192925,175.6310105,3a,75y,70.88h,81.86t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1swK4WlyqJT8GZnOqr3zxScw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1))
Manuka Street, Nelson (https://www.google.co.nz/maps/@-41.2782766,173.2897995,3a,75y,247.06h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1so7zwFt4wiuor4lnla7uxnQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3Do7zwFt4wiuor4lnla7uxnQ%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D240.60942%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1) - this one is in a built-up area
Now that I live in the High Country of NC, that gives me a good opportunity to check out all the low water bridges here. Of the four I tried to check out today, only one wasn't on a private road, and that one was the New River Bridge on New River Bridge Road. In checking this bridge out I also clinched Ashe County, NC.
I'll be documenting this one on Bridgehunter as I don't think it's been covered there.
Edit: Documented.
(https://i.imgur.com/Pwwgyk7.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/XlgavMj.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/ipwCwNC.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/p2INvYM.png)
There are fords that were part of a Facebook discussion recently. All in Botetourt County, Virginia, and involve crossing Craig Creek (this is more of a river than it is a creek), a tributary of the James River and thus in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
VA-613 (Slippery Ford Road) (not exactly a reassuring name) off of VA-615, Craig Creek Road here (https://www.google.com/maps/place/37%C2%B036'19.0%22N+79%C2%B059'32.5%22W/@37.6052701,-79.9929122,201m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x884daedd80aefe29:0xef032aa46fb6a44a!2sCraig+County,+VA!3b1!8m2!3d37.4465895!4d-80.2321313!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d37.6052692!4d-79.9923651). Note the pedestrian bridge upstream from the location of the ford.
A short distance downstream is VA-705 (Reid Road), also runs off of VA-615 here (https://www.google.com/maps/place/37%C2%B036'30.7%22N+79%C2%B059'32.7%22W/@37.6086155,-79.992473,50m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x884daedd80aefe29:0xef032aa46fb6a44a!2sCraig+County,+VA!3b1!8m2!3d37.4465895!4d-80.2321313!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d37.6085318!4d-79.992417). Not at all clear if this is passable, given that the opposite side does not look to get much in the way of maintenance. Reid Road apparently once crossed Craig Creek at another location that also appears to be abandoned here (https://www.google.com/maps/place/37%C2%B036'54.0%22N+79%C2%B059'17.3%22W/@37.6150031,-79.9886902,201m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x884cfc6a88a16a69:0x486243a155ed1870!2sOriskany,+VA!3b1!8m2!3d37.616095!4d-79.9847744!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d37.6150019!4d-79.9881426). Note the presence of a footbridge just upstream here as well.
The next apparently abandoned ford is on VA-770 (Edilo Lane), also off of VA-615 here (https://www.google.com/maps/place/37%C2%B038'05.2%22N+79%C2%B057'44.1%22W/@37.6357629,-79.9630959,402m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x884cfc6a88a16a69:0x486243a155ed1870!2sOriskany,+VA!3b1!8m2!3d37.616095!4d-79.9847744!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d37.6347706!4d-79.9622428)
Finally there is VA-817 (Old Rail Road), also off of VA-615, located here (https://www.google.com/maps/place/37%C2%B038'30.5%22N+79%C2%B055'04.5%22W/@37.6418142,-79.9179147,804m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d37.6418142!4d-79.9179147) where there appears to be an abandoned bridge over Craig Creek.
Quote from: cpzilliacus on June 13, 2021, 09:32:10 PM
There are fords that were part of a Facebook discussion recently. All in Botetourt County, Virginia, and involve crossing Craig Creek (this is more of a river than it is a creek), a tributary of the James River and thus in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
That's such a fascinating area from a geological point of view. Craig Creek and Sinking Creek at one time were both tributaries of the New River (part of the Mississippi basin), but are now tributaries of the James River (part of the Chesapeake Bay basin). For Spruce Run, it is pretty good drop from Divide Ridge (elev 2245) down to the New River at Eggleston (elev 1700) over about 7 miles, but the drop from Divide Ridge through Newport (elev 1930) down to New Castle (elev 1350) is relatively level over about 30 miles.
Palo Duro Canyon southeast of Amarillo has a number of fords that look like this.
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.9650001,-101.6711933,3a,75y,344.67h,69.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXRWKdd2DxPopTQ9RHGXtjQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
This is what is left of the Red River above the Cap Rock. One of my favorite areas.
There is a ford on Tabernacle Road at Deep Run in Whiteford, Maryland. My mom ignored the "BRIDGE OUT AHEAD" sign at the beginning of the road and we got stuck at the ford.
I recently did a trip with too many low-water crossings for me to count.
The warning sign at the beginning says "ROAD MAY FLOOD / NEXT 48 MILES".
example (https://goo.gl/maps/vsGs3j6ydFSS6MXNA), example (https://goo.gl/maps/Be4fW4wKH681DTta8)
In eastern Oklahoma one mile east of OK48 near Wapanucka:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51562175492_af170d8240.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mynCnJ)
N3690 Rd in Coal County crossing Walnut Branch while abandoned Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf bridge is overhead. The creek shows signs of frequently flowing over the bridge.
Quote from: rte66man on October 15, 2021, 12:46:24 PM
In eastern Oklahoma one mile east of OK48 near Wapanucka:
N3690 Rd in Coal County crossing Walnut Branch while abandoned Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf bridge is overhead. The creek shows signs of frequently flowing over the bridge.
Do you mean 1 mile west of OK 48?
Here's a small ford I came across in Abingdon, VA today:
(https://i.imgur.com/Sn9dIYM.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/gx3BXD8.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/8ndh1bf.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/wOlCnT7.jpg)
Yeah, that is about the size of a Escort or Fiesta
Quote from: index on February 20, 2022, 05:31:58 PM
Here's a small ford I came across in Abingdon, VA today:
(https://i.imgur.com/Sn9dIYM.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/gx3BXD8.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/8ndh1bf.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/wOlCnT7.jpg)
^^
Wow, lotta homes built on that floodplain.
Quote from: 1995hoo on February 14, 2021, 08:33:29 AM
I'm sure I've mentioned this in another thread, but there's a ford (the Beaverdam Ford) on Jeb Stuart Road in Loudoun County, Virginia, but there's no Street View of it and I haven't found any good images online. I've never driven through it–the time I discovered there was a ford I was heading north on St. Louis Road (the only time to date I've used said road) and I saw the sign around the corner warning of a ford just a little too late. Meanwhile, there is no sign at the intersection on the nearby Snickersville Turnpike, a road I've used more often.
Ford location:
https://goo.gl/maps/sReNRK8JStrTtZM6A
Street View showing sign warning of ford ahead (you may have to pan the image since the link is from the Google Maps app):
https://goo.gl/maps/ZHq23WXGiPqkrzbdA
Edited to add–A Google search turned up an image this time: http://wikimapia.org/14763484/Beaverdam-Ford Hard to tell how deep the water is in that particular image, so I don't know whether I'd drive through it in that situation in any of our current cars.
Bumping this thread to reply to my comment above because I discovered that Google Street View now has an image of the ford I mentioned, though there is no imagery of the Street View car driving through the ford nor of the road on the other side, which makes me suspect maybe the driver backed up and turned around. Can't tell from this image how deep it is or whether it's suitable for an ordinary sedan.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/nWKfJRtJCrMRb4Z87?g_st=ic
Quote from: index on February 20, 2022, 05:31:58 PM(https://i.imgur.com/wOlCnT7.jpg)
This picture would actually be a selling point for me to buy a house on that street.
The only time I remember ever going through one was about 40 years ago, in Ohio. I'm pretty sure it was Sand Run Metro Park (https://maps.app.goo.gl/JTPcLpRk4w6eC4G68) in Akron.
Quote from: lepidopteran on April 14, 2024, 12:37:12 PMThe only time I remember ever going through one was about 40 years ago, in Ohio. I'm pretty sure it was Sand Run Metro Park (https://maps.app.goo.gl/JTPcLpRk4w6eC4G68) in Akron.
Oh wow.... I believe I've been over that once (technically twice - round trip) - also probably at least 35 years ago. We were visiting my aunt & uncle that lived in Fairlawn, and were going to dinner at some restaurant that had us drive thru a creek. I was young enough that I barely remember it. (And the trip back from the restaurant was also when I learned what a "DUI Checkpoint" is, as there was one set up around OH-18.)