Q 77
P.W.E. New Territories.
128. Roads:-
(a.) Castle Peak—Shataukok,—Bridge over Au Tau Creek.- The bridge was sufficiently advanced to admit of traffic passing over it by the end of August and, in November, the work was entirely completed.
As mentioned in last year's Report, the bridge is constructed throughout of ferro-concrete. It is supported on 48 piles, (14″ × 14″ and varying in length from 24' 4" to 28′ 0"), which have been driven into hard ground. The decking is 6″ thick throughout and is supported on four longitudinal beams at 4′ 4″ centres, two being 2' 0" deep and the other two 2' 6" deep, the latter being intended to carry a light railway. In stating the depth of the beams, the thickness of the decking has been included. The cross-beams on top of the piles are 1' 6" deep and 6" thick. The decking overhangs the outside beams to the extent of 12" on each side, being supported by brackets at 5 feet centres.
The two end spans are braced, the intervening space being filled in with a rubble mound, finished off with a pitched slope.
The bridge is 308 feet long by 16 feet wide and comprises nine spans of 30 feet and two of 12 feet. The embankment forming the approach to the bridge on the north side is 20 feet wide on top. At the south end, where the road enters a cutting almost immediately, it has a width of 16 feet, that being the width of the cutting.
Total Estimates, $14,000.00 1916 Estimates, 1916 Sup. Votes, 4,950.00 1916 Expenditure, $18,946.42 Expenditure to 31/12/16, $18,950.00 $29,000.00 $29,297.18(b.) Fanling to Castle Peak Bay-Widening to 20 feet the section extending from road leading to Fanling Golf Course to Santin Village (3.6 miles).—This work was fully described in last year's Report.
The small length near Santin was finished off and, as there was a balance of money remaining, it was decided to widen to 20 feet certain portions of the Santin-Au Tau Section of the road. The additional length widened amounted to 0.8 mile and included the construction of one new 5′ 0″ × 1′ 0" ferro-concrete culvert and the widening of a 15-feet 3-span culvert.
The cost of the resumptions of land required for the widening amounted to $637.98, the expenditure in 1916 being only $1.87.
Q 77
P.W.E. New Territories.
128. Roads:-
(a.) Castle Peak—Shataukok,—Bridge over Au Tau Creek.- The bridge was sufficiently advanced to admit of traffic passing over it by the end of August and, in November, the work was entirely completed.
As mentioned in last year's Report, the bridge is constructed throughout of ferro-concrete. It is supported on 48 piles, (14′′ × 14′′ and varying in length from 24' 4" to 28′ 0"), which have been driven into hard ground. The decking is 6′′ thick throughout and is supported on four longitudinal beams at 4′ 4′′ centres, two being 2' 0" deep and the other two 2' 6" deep, the latter being intended to carry a light railway. In stating the depth of the beams, the thick- ness of the decking has been included. The cross-beams on top of the piles are 1' 6" deep and 6" thick. The decking overhangs the outside beams to the extent of 12" on each side, being supported by brackets at 5 feet centres.
The two end spans are braced, the intervening space being filled in with a rubble mound, finished off with a pitched slope.
The bridge is 308 feet long by 16 feet wide and comprises nine spans of 30 feet and two of 12 feet. The embankment form- ing the approach to the bridge on the north side is 20 feet wide on top. At the south end, where the road enters a cutting almost immediately, it has a width of 16 feet, that being the width of the cutting.
$14,000.00 Total Estimates,
4.950.00
1916 Estimates, 1916 Sup. Votes,...
1916 Expenditure, 18,946.42 |
$18,950.00 Expenditure to
31/12/16,.
$29,000.00
.29,297.18
(b.) Fanling to Castle Peak Bay-Widening to 20 feet the section extending from road leading to Fanling Golf Course_to Santin Village (3.6 miles).—This work was fully described in last year's Report.
The small length near Santin was finished off and, as there was a balance of money remaining, it was decided to widen to 20 feet certain portions of the Santin-Au Tau Section of the road. The additional length widened amounted to 0.8 mile and included the construction of one new 5′ 0′′ × 1′ 0" ferro-concrete culvert and the widening of a 15-feet 3-span culvert.
The cost of the resumptions of land required for the widening amounted to $637.98, the expenditure in 1916 being only $1.87.
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