A precast concrete retaining wall forms a wing wall for a precast concrete culvert
unit and is supported by a concrete footer with one or more precast anchor member
projecting laterally from the wing wall into the back-filled soil behind the wing
wall. Secondary reinforcing members in the form of elongated metal fibers or light
weight welded wire mesh extend throughout the wing wall, and substantially heavier
primary reinforcing bars extend vertically within the wing wall where head portions
of reinforcing rods within the anchor member connect with the wing wall. In another
embodiment, the reinforcing rods within the anchor member extend through ducts
or tubes and have end portions threaded into the tubular anchors precast within
the wing wall adjacent the reinforcing rods to provide for attaching the anchor
member at the construction site after separately precasting the anchor member and
wing wall.