causeways
Roads over water
Causeways are raised roads or paths built across low or wet ground, or across water.
Unlike bridges, causeways rest on solid fill rather than spanning open space: The causeway connected the island to the mainland.
They may be partially submerged at high tide.
The word sometimes describes any raised pathway through difficult terrain.
Raised earth structure
- dikeWall against flooding
- leveeRiver flood barrier
- breakwaterCoastal wave-blocking structure
- seawallCoastal erosion barrier
Route providing entry
- connectorThing that joins others
- linkPoint of connection
- passageSegment of text
- thoroughfareMain public road
route · corridor · artery · approach · pathway · transit · connection · transportation
Walkable river crossing
- shallowsAreas of little depth
- mudflatExposed shore sediment
- lagoonSheltered coastal shallows
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
bay · strait · isthmus · sandbar · shoal · mangrove · fen · bog
Fortified island monastery, Normandy
- Florida KeysSubtropical American island chain
- PenangMalaysian island state
- Lake PontchartrainLouisiana's vast brackish estuary
Ancient empire's highway network
- pilgrimage routesPaths to sacred destinations
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- archaeologicalOf studying ancient remains
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
Bronze Age · Celtic · Saxon · hill fort
embankment
Raised earth structure
- dikeWall against flooding
- leveeRiver flood barrier
- breakwaterCoastal wave-blocking structure
seawall · jetty · pier · mole · dam · viaduct · trestle · span · deck · abutment
access road
Route providing entry
thoroughfare · route · corridor · artery · approach · pathway · transit · connection · transportation · commute
ford
Walkable river crossing
estuary · bay · strait · isthmus · sandbar · shoal · mangrove · fen · bog
Mont Saint-Michel
Fortified island monastery, Normandy
- Florida KeysSubtropical American island chain
- PenangMalaysian island state
- Lake PontchartrainLouisiana's vast brackish estuary
Roman roads
Ancient empire's highway network
- pilgrimage routesPaths to sacred destinations
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- archaeologicalOf studying ancient remains
prehistoric · Bronze Age · Celtic · Saxon · hill fort
- GizaGreat Pyramid, Sphinx, Great Sphinx, Khufu, necropolis
- roadshighways, road, freeway, roads, freeways
- Aztec WorldTenochtitlan, Aztecs, Aztec, Aztec Empire, Nahuatl
- civil engineeringbridges, highways, tunnels, foundations, dams
- MesoamericaMaya, Aztec, Aztecs, Aztec Empire, Olmec
- ancient AmericasMachu Picchu, Chichen Itza, Teotihuacan, Tenochtitlan, Tikal
causewaysunderwater tunnels
Enclosed routes beneath water
tunnels · ferries · underpasses · subways · fords
causewaystunnels
Underground hollow pathways
cuttings · trenches · underpasses · canals
causewaysferries
Regular water transport vessels
pontoon bridges · floating bridges · fords · footpaths · ice roads
- Giants CausewayInterlocking stone columns, Ireland