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KOWLOON OFFICE

FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1991

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NGAU TAU KOK GOVERNMENT OFFICES,

GROUND FLOOR AND FIRST FLOOR,

21 ON WAH STREET,

NGAU TAU KOK.

TEL. NO. 755 4835

NEW TERRITORIES OFFICE

EAST ASIA COMMERCIAL CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR,

50 TEXACO ROAD,

TSUEN WAN.

TEL. NO. 498 8444

BRIDGE SEGMENT ERECTION FOR KWUN TONG BYPASS COMPLETED

THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS, MR KWEI SEE-KAN, TODAY OFFICIATED AT A CEREMONY TO MARK THE COMPLETION OF THE BRIDGE ERECTION FOR THE KWUN TONG BYPASS PHASES II & III PROJECT.

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SEGMENT

IN

HARBOUR TRAFFIC

MR KWEI SAID: "BOTH PHASES OF THE BYPASS, UPON COMPLETION JUNE 1991, WILL FORM PART OF ROUTE 6 IN LINKING THE EASTERN CROSSING AND THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL, AND, WILL CONGESTION ALONG KWUN TONG ROAD AND WAI YIP STREET.

RELIEVE

AT THE SAME A SPECIAL

IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE ELEVATED CARRIAGEWAY TIME AS THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL, THIS PROJECT HAS EMPLOYED CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE USING A GIANT LAUNCHING GIRDER TO PLACE THE PRECAST BRIDGE SEGMENTS.

"AS RECENTLY INTRODUCED IN HONG KONG, THIS TECHNIQUE HAS PROVED SUCCESSFUL IN CONSTRUCTING 3.7 KILOMETRES OF BRIDGE DECK WITHIN 15 MONTHS, WITH SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS IN LABOUR AND MATERIALS, HE SAID.

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THE TWO CONTRACTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF KWUN TONG BYPASS PHASES II & III WERE AWARDED TO A FRENCH JOINT VENTURE COMPRISING DRAGAGES ET TRAVAUX PUBLICS AND BACHY SOLETANCHE AT A TOTAL COST OF $1,062 MILLION.

THE KWUN TONG BYPASS IS A 4.8-KILOMETRE ELEVATED CARRIAGEWAY LINKING THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING TO THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL AT PRINCE EDWARD ROAD INTERCHANGE.

THE BYPASS HAS THREE PHASES. PHASE I WHICH EXTENDS FROM THE EXIT OF THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING AT LEI YUE MUN ROAD TO WAI YIP STREET HAS BEEN OPENED TO TRAFFIC SINCE SEPTEMBER 1989.

/PHASE II