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culvert::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | drain, drainpipe, waste pipe |
Examples of culvert
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Two southbound lanes will remain open as crews rebuild a culvert retaining wall.
From the post-gazette.com
There was no evidence that the culvert was blocked before the storms, she wrote.
From the thenewstribune.com
It broke through the clog and re-established some water flow inside the culvert.
From the post-gazette.com
Most of the wreckage piled up atop a culvert in a wooded area along the highway.
From the toledoblade.com
It proposes a series of channel, culvert and pipe replacements and improvements.
From the lohud.com
Crews closed the road to replace the culvert carrying Bear Creek under the road.
From the thenewstribune.com
Instead, it will remove the culvert entirely, leaving a more natural streambed.
From the thenewstribune.com
In Dec. 2006, Helms'truck crashed into a ditch and hit the culvert at the end.
From the chron.com
The patrol car slid into a culvert, hitting Viper and critically injuring him.
From the orlandosentinel.com
- A transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway
- A culvert is a device used to channel water. It may be used to allow water to pass underneath a road, railway, or embankment for example. Culverts can be made of many different materials; steel, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and concrete are the most common. ...
- (culverts) clay or cement piping placed in wetland areas to channel water. Culverts alter the naturally existing movement of water through the area.
- Round, corrugated drain pipe (normally 15" or 18" in diameter) that is installed beneath a driveway parallel to and near the street.
- A pipe-like construction of concrete that passes under a road to allow drainage.
- A channel or a large diameter pipe that crosses under a road, sidewalk, etc.
- A closed conduit used for the conveyance of surface drainage water under a roadway, railroad, canal, or other impediment.
- A metal, plastic or concrete pipe which surface water flows through under roads and trails.
- A sewer or drain crossing under a road or embankment
