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A ford is a section of water (most commonly a section of a river) that is sufficiently shallow as to be traversable by wading. A ford is therefore a cheaper alternative to a bridge when building a road across a waterway.

Most modern fords are sufficiently shallow as to allow an automobile to pass through.

For other meanings of ford see Ford (disambiguation)

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