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On 27/08/2010 13:42, Pieren wrote:
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<div>Again, I'm not a native english speaker but It seems that
"culvert" is also used to designate a bridge. Some quick
searches on internet:<br>
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target="_blank">http://www.rommesmo.com/steeltruss.htm</a><br>
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or tunnels:<br>
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href="http://www.battlefieldsww2.50megs.com/culvert.htm"
target="_blank">http://www.battlefieldsww2.50megs.com/culvert.htm</a>
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I'd say, from a British-English perspective, that in each of these
the thing called the culvert is the thing below the bridge.
Obviously language and usage changes greatly with time and place
(also, the car in the first link looks like a Chrysler Airflow from
the 30s and may not reflect current usage). The second is an
excellent example of a "culverted stream", over which a bridge
happens to run - the company concerned sells "Beam Bridges, Truss
Bridges, Steel and Aluminum Box Culverts." (i.e. they separate
bridges and culverts as products). The third example is also
clearly referring to the thing below the bridge (" the Culvert could
be used by jeeps if some air was let out of the tires").<strong></strong><br>
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My (English) 2p...<br>
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