Thank you all for the responses, my comments to your responses are as follows:
What you proposed seems to be a favorable alternative to me personally. However, since the culvert extension is not directly under live traffic (I believe there could be a parking lot in this particular location...
Thank you for the responses. I do agree that providing an adequate shiplap shear key should theoretically preclude the use of steel shear connectors, but providing a shear key is not an option in this particular scenario. This is because the goal is to "extend" an old box culvert by adding a new...
The Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code (CSA S6-14) calls for shear connectors to be installed at a maximum spacing of 800 c/c along precast concrete culvert joints with less than 0.6 m of soil cover. This aims to protect the pavement overlay from differential settlement effects in the case of a...
