Patent ID: 6854928

Claim:
A concrete culvert system installed within soil, comprising a set of horizontally spaced and substantially vertical precast concrete side wall sections, said side wall sections having upwardly facing support surfaces thereon, concrete support footers separate from said side wall sections and supporting bottom surfaces of said side wall sections and providing for tilting movement of each said side wall section relative to the corresponding said support footer and through a vertical plane, a precast concrete top wall section spanning the space between said side wall sections and having opposite end portions supported by said support surfaces, a precast concrete anchor member rigidly connected to each of said side wall sections and spaced above the corresponding said support footer, and each said anchor member projecting laterally outwardly from the corresponding said sidewall section above the corresponding said support footer and into the soil backfilled against said side wall section to provide for precisely and positively positioning said side wall sections prior to mounting said top wall section on said side wall sections.