When the culvert is deeply buried, under a paved road, a road closure would cause extensive detours, utilities are between the culvert and the ground, historic structures would need to be dug up.
When the culvert is shallow buried under a gravel road that can be temporarily shut down without disrupting traffic flow.
When the pipe has failed structurally and collapsed! A general rule of them with CMP is that it’s too late when the invert is more than 25% gone, but if the invert is gone, but the shape is fine, the culvert can still be rehabilitated.
Yes, custom shapes are available for certain products
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