Uniformat G3030

Concrete culvert

A concrete culvert has a useful life of about 75 years, the median of 13 published sources, which state 50–75 years.

Also listed as Culvert, concrete, concrete box culvert, concrete pipe culvert

• Confidence C
• Version 0.12.0 (permanent link)
• Reviewed 2026-10-22

Service life

Years in service. The band runs from the shortest to the longest life the sources state, so it shows how much they disagree, not how long 80% of units last. The line is the median of the stated lives.

Work out when yours is due for replacement · Compare with what municipalities assume

Basis

• 75 years · Barrie: City of Barrie Corporate Asset Management Plan: Proposed Levels of Service, p127 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 70 years · Kapuskasing: By-law No. 3103, Tangible Capital Assets Policy, p15 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 75 years · Meaford: By-law 2020-83, Tangible Capital Asset Policy, Appendix A Estimated Useful Lives, p19 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 75 years · Simcoe: County of Simcoe 2025 Asset Management Plan, p68 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 75 years · The Blue Mountains: POL.COR.19.04 Tangible Capital Assets Policy, p12 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 75 years · York: The Regional Municipality of York 2024 Corporate Asset Management Plan, p53 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 75 years · Brantford: 2025 Asset Management Plan: Transportation, City of Brantford, Ontario, p12 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 50 years · Kingston: City of Kingston 2024 Asset Management Plan, Volume 1: Infrastructure, Transportation, Transit, & Emergency Services, p67 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 75 years · Lambton: County of Lambton 2025 Corporate Asset Management Plan, p89 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 50 years · Leeds and Grenville: The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville Asset Management Plan 2025, p49 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 75 years · Meaford: Municipality of Meaford Asset Management Plan - Core Assets (Appendix 1 to Report CAO2022-28), p79 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 75 years · Middlesex: County of Middlesex Asset Management Plan: Core Assets, p18 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 75 years · The Blue Mountains: Town of The Blue Mountains Asset Management Plan 2025, p107 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.

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Frequencies are ISO 8601 durations in the data (P3M = every 3 months).

Open questions

• These are Ontario accounting lives from municipal capital asset policies, not planning or observed replacement data.
• Applies only to culverts that meet the NBIS bridge definition (more than 20 ft opening along the roadway); smaller culverts are not covered. Agencies using Method 2 may set other intervals.

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Citation

unfinished.one (2026). Culvert, concrete, v0.12.0. https://unfinished.one/c/culvert-concrete/v/0.12.0

BibTeX

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  title = {Culvert, concrete},
  author = {{unfinished.one}},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.12.0},
  url = {https://unfinished.one/c/culvert-concrete/v/0.12.0},
  note = {CC BY 4.0}
}

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