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Old concrete culvert load capacity
Thanks for all of the replies everyone! Ron, the road is existing. The photo in the OP is exactly what I'm talking about. Also, if we use steel plates I was planning on placing 2x6s about 4 feet from the pipe centerline to support the plates. This would give a void space for the steel to...- NDcivil
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- Forum: Earthwork/grading engineering
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Old concrete culvert load capacity
Hello, First post to the forums. I'll start with a picture of what I'm talking about: http://i.imgur.com/EutUj.jpg Basically this is an old concrete culvert with little cover. We need the road to handle delivery trucks with wind turbine parts (max axle loads = 28,000 lbs). The turbine...- NDcivil
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- Forum: Earthwork/grading engineering
