Noun
floodway (plural floodways)
An engineered path to channel floodwaters away from areas to be protected.
Load limits have recently been placed on Groves Bridge near Colbinabbin and Floodway Bridge near Stanhope. Source: Internet
Winnipeg police say shortly before 7 p.m., a four-seat ATV rolled near the Red River Floodway gates south of Winnipeg. Source: Internet
Red River Floodway from the air Winnipeg was inundated during the 1950 Red River Flood and had to be partially evacuated. Source: Internet
The damage caused by the flood led then-Premier Duff Roblin to advocate for the construction of the Red River Floodway ; it was completed in 1968 after six years of excavation. Source: Internet