Road construction feature that is used to prevent erosion
A water bar in the Catskills. The trail forks right; the drainage ditch to the left.
A water bar or interceptor dyke is a road or trail construction feature that is used to prevent erosion on sloping roads, cleared paths through woodland (for utility companies such as electricity pylons), or other accessways by reducing flow length. It is a diagonal channel across the road that diverts surface water (that would otherwise flow down the whole length of the road) off the road and into a stable drain way. By constructing a series of water bars at intervals along a road, the volume of water flowing down the road is reduced. Without water bars, flooding, washouts, and accelerated road degradation can occur.
The drain way carries the water that would otherwise be carried by the road. For proper operation of the water bars it must be stable and regularly inspected to ensure that it is free of silt buildup or other obstructions.
Water bar on Upper Table Rock in Southern Oregon
Water bars are usually constructed at an angle across the road. They tend to make passage by vehicle on the road difficult; usually a large high-clearance four wheel drive vehicle is required. Water bars are common on roads such as Forest Service Roads, especially in mountainous terrain with high rainfall.
A water bar or interceptor dyke is a road or trail construction feature that is used to prevent erosion on sloping roads, cleared paths through woodland...
trail in a downhill direction, called "thank-you-marms", "deadmen", or waterbars. Timbers or rocks are also used for this purpose to create erosion barriers...
including Mark Franz and Pat Kuleto's Farallon from 1997 to 2014; Mark Franz's Waterbar from 2008 to 2014; and Stars and with Jeremiah Tower from 1987 until July...
easily as a result of flowing water. When grading or building the road, waterbars are used to direct water off the road. As an alternative method, humps...
plant life from the fire also contributes to erosion. Construction of waterbars, the addition of plants and debris to exposed soils and other measures...
JMA Ventures on two large waterfront restaurants, Epic Roasthouse and Waterbar, located near the Ferry Building in San Francisco. Other San Francisco...
Trust's holdings, and GWLT Volunteers who blaze trails, install signs and waterbars, and redress illegal activities like dumping or erosion due to motorized...
Measures to protect the trail were implemented, such as installing rock waterbars and a layer of shale gravel over the clay. In 2005, a program to build...
"undersea fantasy" with Mark Franz), Epic Roasthouse (with Jan Birnbaum), Waterbar (also with Mark Franz), Boulevard (a belle époque design in an 1889 brick...
Around Universities". InnovationManagement. Retrieved 9 August 2013. "Waterbars". The Singletrack Classroom. Retrieved 9 August 2013. Krisztina Holly...
addition to preventing soil slips, landowners are also advised to construct waterbars, which are mounds of rock or logs placed on the slope at a diagonal, to...
2016: Anthropocene, Fine Arts Society Contemporary, London, UK 2016: H2O Waterbar, Paddington Reservoir Gardens NSW 2017: Nautilus State Museum for Art and...
relieving soil compaction with hand tools or a dozer-drawn ripper, installing waterbars, placing vertical mulch (woody debris and rocks) and scarifying disturbed...
fire suppression began, including chipping roadside material, building waterbars, and removing hazard trees. By October 6, the fire was at 91% containment...
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