PROGRESS REPORT ON CULVERT INVESTIGATION

THIS INVESTIGATION AIMS TO LEAD ULTIMATELY TO DISSEMINATING INFORMATION ABOUT METHODS OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FOR ALL KINDS OF SMALL DRAINAGE STRUCTURES. THE FIRST OBJECTIVE OF THE FIELD INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN TO DETERMINE METHODS FOR ARRIVING AT THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF VARIOUS TYPES OF SMALL DRAINAGE STRUCTURES. SOME 500 CULVERTS IN FOURTEEN STATES HAVE BEEN EXAMINED AND RECORDED. A TENTATIVE METHOD OF NUMERICAL RATING HAS BEEN DEVISED WHICH IS AVAILABLE FROM THE HIGHWAY RESEARCH BOARD.

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    • Vol 6, pp 366-369. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
  • Authors:
    • Crum, R W
  • Publication Date: 1927

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  • Media Type: Digital/other
  • Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at Washington, D.C., December 2-3, 1926
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  • Accession Number: 00204296
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS, TRB
  • Created Date: Jun 11 1971 12:00AM