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Friday, August 4, 1972
HONG KONG'S FIRST TEMPORARY FLYOVER UP SOON
For three days towards the end of August, engineers will work
round the clock to put up Hong Kong's first-ever temporary steel flyover
in a major thoroughfare in Kowloon.
The massive structure, to be erected along Prince Edward Road
at its junction with Waterloo Road in 72 hours, will help ease traffic
conditions during the construction of the Waterloo Road/Prince Edward
Road/Boundary Street Interchange later this year.
The interchange consists of a main flyover along Waterloo Road
spanning the two busy junctions at Prince Edward Road and Boundary Street,
A spokesman for the Public Works Department said today the
temporary flyover would be in operation for about two years. Then it
would be dismantled and re-used as required at other traffic "black spots"
as either a three-lane or a two-lane flyover.
The steel flyover, manufactured in Japan, will be about 1,000
feet long with a maximum height of about 40 feet where it spans Waterloo Road.
The foundations are now being constructed and work is expected
to be completed by the middle of August.
The spokesman described the erection of the temporary flyover as
"a complex and carefully planned operation."
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