Evergreen Road Drainage
  • Click for original culvert elevations
    • General Description

    Water from the Middlesex side of this road drains into a ditch that feeds into a culvert under Pine Path near South Bethany's Town Hall. From there, the ditch parallels our Pine Path, and the water eventually finds its way west past the tennis club to the wetlands adjacent the Assawoman Bay.
    Our understanding is that DelDOT plans to extend the Pine Path ditch northward towards Kent Ave, and tie it in with an existing buried (rusting) culvert west of Bridge Rd. Exact details of this are unknown.

    Past work
    3 culverts along this ditch were replaced during the work along Addy Road in 2005. These were made of corrugated metal; they were significantly rusted and collapsing. 2 were at #127 Evergreen, and the other was at #133 Evergreen.

    In the intervening 2 decades, MBA and property owners have done additional culvert replacement/expansions. Details will be added to the below information.
    Right side of driveway Driveway Left side of driveway Misc Notes
    139-Hetherington
    15" x 30'. Very long thru bolts; pipe in good condition
    137-Byrne
    Metal. Short wood walls; replace w rip-rap
    135-Rooney
    15" x 20'. Decrepit lumber walls to be removed
    133-Zengerle
    10" x 30'. MBA 10" pipe installed 2010?
    131-Hodgson
    Old reinforced concrete pipe; recessed concrete "parking bumpers" lining driveway to be saved/reused
    129-Santmyer
    10" x 40' (5/29/14: MBA); additional riprap?
    127W-Meere
    (Jul 2017: MBA) 12". Block walls (Rob Austin)
    127E-Meere
    MBA 12"; block walls
    125W-Bull/Winschel
    10" x XX'. 2016/17
    125E-Bull/Winschel

    The partial collapse of this culvert was reported to MBA on 7/31/24. A smaller pipe was stented inside the 18" rusting corrugated steel culvert in case of complete collapse. We appreciate the assistance of the homeowner who helped clear vegetation from the side of the ditch and sand from the bottom of the decaying pipe.
    significant growth in/over ditch east of here
    Retaining walls on both sides of the driveway have (4?) thru-bolts that keep them from spreading apart.
    123W-LaFleur
    Pilings on MBA prop; probably not in the way
    significant growth in/over ditch west and east of here
    123E-LaFleur
    12" x 30'; Mar 2021
    significant growth in/over ditch west and east of here; see also bottom of page
    121-Gillis
    The partial collapse of this metal culvert was reported to MBA on 5/14/24. A smaller pipe was stented inside the 24" rusting corrugated steel culvert in case of complete collapse.
    Retaining walls on both sides of the driveway have (4?) thru-bolts that keep them from spreading apart.
    significant growth in/over ditch east of here
    119W-Myers
    Feb 2021 agreement extending length of 2 culverts by 10' each side
    119C-Myers
    Leftover concrete center culvert from previous structure on this lot; completely obstructed by roots/sand and unable to be jetted by Caswell in 2024. Serves no purpose and should be removed entirely, along with extensive brush on top of culvert.
    119E-Myers
    117-Moneymaker
    Concrete culvert w/ pavers on top.
    115-Capon
    (metal?) Feb 2018; MBA. Pavers between street and culvert to remain. Lots of overhanging brush.
    At left: "Pit" at west end of Pine Path (South Bethany property) At left: Extra debris just east of 125E driveway (piling tops-unknown depth)

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