Brief Description of Structure

The River Ash Culvert is a single 6.4m span simply supported culvert. The inlet of the culvert can be found between A308 London
Road Eastbound Off-slip and A30 Staines Bypass Northbound On-slip; and the outlet can be found on the A308 Staines Bypass
Westbound Off-slip. The exact path of the culvert is unclear; however, it is believed that the culvert runs underneath the Crooked
Billet Roundabout.

The culvert is approximately 265m long in total and has a clear span of 6.4m. The Culvert comprises of 4 distinct sections
constructed at different times adjacent to one another to form the current structure. The sections are as follows:

1. Billet Bridge: Before the construction of the Crooked Billet Roundabout the road crossing of the River Ash was located in
the middle of the current roundabout. The structure consists of a reinforced concrete slab, simply supported on concrete
abutments. The date of construction is unknown.
2. Original Culvert (forming two sections): When the Crooked Billet Roundabout was constructed in 1960, Billet Bridge was
extended both eastwards and westwards by a culvert, which is labelled “Original Culvert” in multiple reports. The deck
consists of precast prestressed inverted T beams with in-situ concrete infill. The deck is simply supported on concrete side
walls. Where changes in direction occur, the deck consists of an insitu reinforced concrete slab. The structure was
constructed in 1960.

3. Culvert Extension: After the construction of Crooked Billet Roundabout, the road layout was changed again and the
culvert was extended further eastwards to its current layout. The structural form of the extension matches that of the
Original Culvert. The date of construction is unknown.