Patent ID: 6203245
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: E01F

Abstract:
A culvert guard half shell formed from precast concrete for use with another like half shell and which when said half shells are mated together one on top of the other in opposed and closed shell relationship, form a passageway therebetween for surrounding and protecting an exterior end portion of a tubular culvert; said half shell being T-shaped and having a central limb portion, two end limb portions, an exterior surface and an interior surface, said interior surface being provided with an open-ended elongate channel in the form of a half pipe which has a radius that is no less than the exterior radius of said tubular culvert and which is centrally disposed in and which extends in a direction along said central limb portion, and contact areas located on either side of said channel for engaging the contact areas on said like half shell when said half shells are brought together in opposed and closed shell relationship.