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culvert 1. a drain or covered channel that crosses under a road, railway, etc. 2. a channel for an electric cable 3. a tunnel through which water is pumped into or out of a dry dock culvert [′kəl·vərt] (engineering) A covered channel or a large-diameter pipe that takes a watercourse below ground level. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Workers cleared some debris from the culverts running beneath the park entrance before last weekend's storm, but installation of a temporary crossing, which is part of a plan submitted to the state Department of Housing and Community Development, cannot proceed without the required signatures. The Infrastructure Products Group supplies ready-mix concrete, crushed and sized basaltic aggregates, dune sand, concrete pipe and box culverts primarily to the construction industry in Hawaii, and manufactures and markets concrete and steel poles for highway, street and outdoor area lighting and for traffic signals nationwide. Engineers developed a safe passage by expanding roadsides; clearing and grubbing ambush areas; constructing new roads; expanding culverts and culvert heads; and hardening the road surface with chip-rock, concrete and (or) asphalt. |
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