of this road to the east of Tsuen Wan was raised as much as 12 feet above the existing road.
256. The new bridge at Tsuen Wan was completed and opened to traffic.
257. Other sections of the main New Territories ring road were resurfaced and 11 bus bays completed at various places.
258. An access road, including a bridge of three spans of 14 feet each, was constructed to give access to the new Castle Peak Hospital.
259. The reconstruction of Tai Po Market Bridge was commenced. The new bridge will be 155 feet long and 72 feet wide providing dual carriageways each 22 feet wide and two 11 foot footpaths. The bridge is of reinforced concrete on precast concrete piles. Good progress was made during the year, half the new bridge was opened to traffic. The old bridge was completely demolished and the greater part of the second half of the new bridge was also completed.
260. Minor roads were constructed to link various remote villages with the main roads. These are generally of light construction and average 10 feet wide with passing places at appropriate intervals. Those at present in hand are at Ting Kok, Lin Fa Tei, San Ha and a similar road on Lantao between Silvermine Bay and Cheung Sha. Almost 9 miles of these roads were constructed during the year.
261. The new bridge at Ho Chung on the Sai Kung road was completed and opened to traffic.
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Miscellaneous
262. Surface dressing to extend the life of existing roads was carried out from time to time on various roads throughout the Colony. Most of this work was satisfactory but one or two failures were recorded where the stone chippings did not adhere to the sprayed bitumen. From a careful study of all the available technical publications on this subject, it appears that similar failures occur from time to time in the United Kingdom. The greatest care is taken to record all details of surface dressing to endeavour to obtain completely consistent results.
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of this road to the east of Tsuen Wan was raised as much as 12 feet above the existing road.
256. The new bridge at Tsuen Wan was completed and opened to traffic.
257. Other sections of the main New Territories ring road were resurfaced and 11 bus bays completed at various places.
258. An access road, including a bridge of three spans of 14 feet each, was constructed to give access to the new Castle Peak Hospital.
259. The reconstruction of Tai Po Market Bridge was com- menced. The new bridge will be 155 feet long and 72 feet wide providing dual carriageways each 22 feet wide and two 11 foot footpaths. The bridge is of reinforced concrete on precast concrete piles. Good progress was made during the year, half the new bridge was opened to traffic. The old bridge was completely demolished and the greater part of the second half of the new bridge was also completed.
260. Minor roads were constructed to link various remote villages with the main roads. These are generally of light construction and average 10 feet wide with passing places at appropriate intervals. Those at present in hand are at Ting Kok, Lin Fa Tei, San Ha and a similar road on Lantao between Silvermine Bay and Cheung Sha. Almost 9 miles of these roads were constructed during the year.
261. The new bridge at Ho Chung on the Sai Kung road was completed and opened to traffic.
寒
Miscellaneous
262. Surface dressing to extend the life of existing roads. was carried out from time to time on various roads throughout the Colony. Most of this work was satisfactory but one or two failures were recorded where the stone chippings did not adhere to the sprayed bitumen. From a careful study of all the avail- able technical publications on this subject, it appears that similar failures occur from time to time in the United Kingdom. The greatest care is taken to record all details of surface dressing to endeavour to obtain completely consistent results.
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