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Rehabilitation of Culverts and Buried Storm Drain Pipes A SYNTHESIS OF HIGHWAY PRACTICE Halil Sezen Columbus, OH 2022 Research sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration Subscriber Categories Highways ⢠Bridges and Other Structures ⢠Maintenance and Preservation N A T I O N A L C O O P E R A T I V E H I G H W A Y R E S E A R C H P R O G R A M NCHRP SYNTHESIS 581
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CRP STAFF FOR NCHRP SYNTHESIS 581 Christopher J. Hedges, Director, Cooperative Research Programs Lori L. Sundstrom, Deputy Director, Cooperative Research Programs Waseem Dekelbab, Associate Program Manager, National Cooperative Highway Research Program Melissa Welch-Ross, Senior Program Officer Stephanie L. Campbell-Chamberlain, Senior Program Assistant Natalie Barnes, Director of Publications Heather DiAngelis, Associate Director of Publications Janet M. McNaughton, Senior Editor Kathleen Mion, Assistant Editor NCHRP PROJECT 20-05 PANEL Joyce N. Taylor, Maine Department of Transportation, Augusta, ME (Chair) Socorro âCocoâ A. Briseno, California Department of Transportation (retired), Sacramento, CA Anita K. Bush, Nevada Department of Transportation, Carson City, NV Joseph D. Crabtree, Kentucky Transportation Center, Lexington, KY Mostafa Jamshidi, Nebraska Department of Transportation, Lincoln, NE Cynthia L. Jones, Ohio Department of Transportation, Columbus, OH Jessie X. Jones, Arkansas Department of Transportation, Little Rock, AR Brenda Moore, North Carolina Department of Transportation, Raleigh, NC Ben T. Orsbon, South Dakota Department of Transportation, Pierre, SD Randall R. Park, Avenue Consultants, Taylorsville, UT Brian Worrel, Iowa Department of Transportation, Ames, IA Jack D. Jernigan, FHWA Liaison Jim T. McDonnell, AASHTO Liaison Stephen F. Maher, TRB Liaison TOPIC 52-12 PANEL Kyle Brandon, Ohio Department of Transportation, Columbus, OH Brian Carmody, New York State Department of Transportation, Albany, NY Leticia Sosa Estavillo, AIA Engineers, a CONSOR company, Austin, TX Lance Heath Grace, Florida Department of Transportation, Tampa, FL Parviz Lashai, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Sacramento, CA Ian D. Moore, Queenâs University, Kingston, ON Kevin E. White, E. L. Robinson Engineering Company, Columbus, OH Michael Adams, FHWA Liaison Stephen F. Maher, TRB Liaison C O O P E R A T I V E R E S E A R C H P R O G R A M S
ABOUT THE NCHRP SYNTHESIS PROGRAM Highway administrators, engineers, and researchers often face problems for which information already exists, either in documented form or as undocumented experience and practice. This infor- mation may be fragmented, scattered, and unevaluated. As a consequence, full knowledge of what has been learned about a problem may not be brought to bear on its solution. Costly research findings may go unused, valuable experience may be overlooked, and due consideration may not be given to recommended practices for solving or alleviating the problem. There is information on nearly every subject of concern to highway administrators and engineers. Much of it derives from research or from the work of practitioners faced with problems in their day- to-day work. To provide a systematic means for assembling and evalu ating such useful information and to make it available to the entire highway community, the American Association of State High- way and Transportation Officialsâthrough the mechanism of the National Cooperative Highway Research Programâauthorized the Transportation Research Board to undertake a continuing study. This study, NCHRP Project 20-05, âSynthesis of Information Related to Highway Practices,â searches out and synthesizes useful knowledge from all available sources and prepares concise, documented reports on specific topics. Reports from this endeavor constitute an NCHRP report series, Synthesis of Highway Practice. This synthesis series reports on current knowledge and practice, in a compact format, without the detailed directions usually found in handbooks or design manuals. Each report in the series provides a compendium of the best knowledge available on those measures found to be the most successful in resolving specific problems. FOREWORD By Melissa Welch-Ross Staff Officer Transportation Research Board Departments of transportation (DOTs) are increasing employment of asset management strate- gies in response to federal and state initiatives. Those strategies emphasize the need to preserve assets during the intended service life or, in some cases, to increase service life. Low-cost and effective treat- ments applied throughout the life of the asset are employed prior to significant asset degradation, which otherwise would likely require a high-cost reactionary treatment. Recent work completed as part of NCHRP Project 14-26, âCulvert and Storm Drain System Inspec- tion Manual,â developed a comprehensive methodology to assess the condition of and provide ratings for buried pipes. Application of the methodology identifies asset deficiencies and provides input that may assist facility owners in prioritizing their maintenance needs. As facility owners identify deficient buried pipes, there will be a growing need for effective rehabilitation methods to restore functionality to or extend the service life of these assets. While some assets will require complete replacement, many facilities will be good candidates for rehabilitation using both short-term and long-term rehabilitation or repair methods. The objective of this synthesis is to collect and summarize rehabilitation practices (including full and partial rehabilitation) used by state DOTs for culverts and buried storm drain pipes. Information for this study was gathered through a literature review, a survey of state DOTs, and follow-up interviews with selected agencies. Four case examples provide additional information on how those agencies manage maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation issues. Halil Sezen collected and synthesized the information and wrote the report. The synthesis is an immediately useful document that records practices that were acceptable within the limitations of the knowledge available at the time of its preparation. As progress in research and practice continues, new knowledge will be added to that now at hand.
Note: Photographs, figures, and tables in this report may have been converted from color to grayscale for printing. The electronic version of the report (posted on the web at www.nap.edu) retains the color versions. 1 Summary 3 Chapter 1 Introduction 3 1.1 Synthesis Scope 4 1.2 Synthesis Objectives 4 1.3 Terminology 5 1.4 Report Organization 6 Chapter 2 Literature Review 6 2.1 Factors Affecting the Selection of Culvert Rehabilitation Method 7 2.2 Culvert Rehabilitation Specifications and Guidelines 7 2.3 Culvert Repair and Rehabilitation Methods 13 2.4 Brief Summary of Literature Review Findings 14 Chapter 3 State of the Practice 14 3.1 Survey Focus and Participation 14 3.2 Culvert Types and Frequency of Rehabilitation 16 3.3 Critical Factors Affecting the Rehabilitation Method 18 3.4 Local and Joint Repair Methods 19 3.5 Invert Paving and Invert Lining Rehabilitation Methods 20 3.6 System-Level Rehabilitation Methods 22 3.7 Structural Capacity, In-house Rehabilitation, and Quality Assurance 25 Chapter 4 Case Examples 25 4.1 Delaware DOT Rehabilitation Practices and Culvert Rehabilitation Guidance 29 4.2 Maine DOT Rehabilitation Practices and Culvert Rehabilitation Guidance 32 4.3 Oregon DOT Rehabilitation Practices and Culvert Rehabilitation Guidance 35 4.4 Wisconsin DOT Rehabilitation Practices and Culvert Rehabilitation Guidance 41 Chapter 5 Summary of Findings 41 5.1 Key Findings 42 5.2 Information Gaps 45 Abbreviations and Acronyms 46 References 48 Appendix A Questionnaire 57 Appendix B Detailed Survey Responses C O N T E N T S