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REPAIRING RUSTED CULVET INVERTS

Continuing Our Contract Work With ODOT

Author Icon Caleb Rutledge, 12/2/2022

HydraTech has been awarded ODOT maintenance contracts 314-22 Culvert Clean-Out Services and 316-22 Culvert Invert Paving. These contracts have resulted in multiple projects all over Ohio.

Two technicians working inside a corrugated metal pipe
A person holding a bucket right outside a corrugate metal pipe

The pictures are from Clark, Shelby, and Montgomery Counties. The completed Clark County project required both a clean-out stage and a field paving stage. The culvert was 350 feet long and 10 feet in diameter. Signs of oxidation were becoming apparent, but the damage to the invert was not very severe yet. The Shelby county job was in worse shape with small holes that had formed in the invert. This culvert was approximately 250 feet long and 96 inches in diameter. This location has been cleaned and will soon be paved to remedy the water intrusions. The Montgomery location was the most affected, with entire sections rusted out.

Using a measuring tape to determine the size of a deteriorated portion of this corrugated pipe's invert
Measuring a large rock laying on the invert of a culvert
A technician standing in water holding a measuring device

The layer of concrete will provide a layer of protection to the inverts of the culverts at a fraction of the price of replacement.

A technician sitting on a bucket in a corrugated metal pipe applying concrete to the invert in a field paving project to protect the pipeline from further rusting

Recently completed field pave job