SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1980
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REPLACEMENTS FOR OLD RAILWAY BRIDGES
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO RAILWAY BRIDGES AT WATERLOO ROAD AND PRINCE EDWARD ROAD.
THE PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BRIDGES, WHICH FORM PART OF THE MODERNISATION AND ELECTRIFICATION OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY WILL REPLACE THE TWO EXISTING ONES AT THE SAME LOCATIONS.
THEY WILL BE BUILT AND BROUGHT INTO USE IN STAGES IN ORDER NOT TO INTERRUPT THE RAILWAY TRAFFIC.
→THE NEW BRIDGES HAVE BEEN SO DESIGNED THAT THE ODD ARRANGEMENT OF THE EXISTING BRIDGE PIERS IS ELIMINATED, THUS ENABLING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MUCH NEEDED ROAD IMPROVEMENT SCHEMES AROUND THESE AREAS, A PWD SPOKESMAN SAID.
A COVERED FOOTBRIDGE WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO EACH RAILWAY BRIDGE DESIGN TO PROVIDE AN ELEVATED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING OVER THE MAIN ROAD. THIS WILL FURTHER HELP TO IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC FLOW.
WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL START IN AUGUST AND BE COMPLETED IN EARLY 1982.
THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY THE RAILWAY DIVISION OF THE PWD CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE, ON BEHALF OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY,
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