BRIDGES AND SUBWAYS
260. Kam Tin Bridge was rebuilt as a concrete bridge of three 40-foot spans, replacing the section washed away in the 1957 rainstorms.
261. Four new minor bridges in the New Territories replaced temporary over-bridges and Bailey bridges.
262. All the new bridges are designed to full Ministry of Transport load specifications.
263. Deflection tests carried out on several bridges resulted in Bridge No. 45 at Sha Tin being strengthened by the addition of a new reinforced concrete deck placed over the top of the old one and although originally given a military rating of only 9, two heavy boilers on low loaders each giving a total load of approximately 50 tons successfully crossed over; deflection tests showed a maximum of only 1/20,000th of an inch.
264. A new steel truss bridge of 50-foot span replaced the old 15-foot span girder bridge carrying the Peak Tramway over Kennedy Road, to give greater head-room for traffic besides permitting the road to be widened. The work involved a temporary bridge, diversion of the tram and raising the level of the main track some 8 feet. The pulley work necessary for the cables hauling the trams complicated the work.
265. A pedestrian subway was built under Connaught Road Central to carry pedestrian traffic from the Star Ferry piers across Connaught Road into the centre of town without obstructing vehicular traffic. The subway is 135 feet long with an easy ramp at each end and 27 feet wide. The whole of the work took 4 months. Approximately 80,000 people pass through this subway daily.
TRAFFIC
266. The Traffic Engineering Section, augmented by additional staff, carried out detailed traffic studies of arterial and junction flow as the basis for a Main Route Plan, Street Improvement Schemes and Junction Improvement Designs for Kowloon.
267. The Section also gathered similar data for a Main Route Plan for Victoria and drafted a large number of City Street Widening Schemes and proposals for multi-storey garage parking.
268. This office prepared about two dozen possible schemes for improving the Garden Road--Queen's Road-Murray Road complex, and from these made a tentative selection of one involving twin over-passes from Garden Road into Murray Road and Jackson Road.
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BRIDGES AND SUBWAYS
260. Kam Tin Bridge was rebuilt as a concrete bridge of three 40-foot spans, replacing the section washed away in the 1957 rainstorms.
261. Four new minor bridges in the New Territories replaced temporary over-bridges and Bailey bridges.
262. All the new bridges are designed to full Ministry of Transport load specifications.
263. Deflection tests carried out on several bridges resulted in Bridge No. 45 at Sha Tin being strengthened by the addition of a new reinforced concrete deck placed over the top of the old one and although originally given a military rating of only 9, two heavy boilers on low loaders each giving a total load of approximately 50 tons successfully crossed over; deflection tests showed a maximum of only 1/20,000th of an inch..
264. A new steel truss bridge of 50-foot span replaced the old 15-foot span girder bridge carrying the Peak Tramway over Kennedy Road, to give greater head-room for traffic besides permitting the road to be widened. The work involved a temporary bridge, diversion of the tram and raising the level of the main track some 8 feet. The pulley work necessary for the cables hauling the trams complicated the work.
265. A pedestrian subway was built under Connaught Road Central to carry pedestrian traffic from the Star Ferry piers across Connaught Road into the centre of town without obstructing vehicular traffic. The subway is 135 feet long with an easy ramp at each end and 27 feet wide. The whole of the work took 4 months. Approximately 80,000 people pass through this subway daily.
TRAFFIC
266. The Traffic Engineering Section, augmented by additional staff, carried out detailed traffic studies of arterial and junction flow as the basis for a Main Route Plan, Street Improvement Schemes and Junction Improvement Designs for Kowloon.
267. The Section also gathered similar data for a Main Route Plan for Victoria and drafted a large number of City Street Widening Schemes and proposals for multi-storey garage parking.
268. This office prepared about two dozen possible schemes for improving the Garden Road--Queen's Road-Murray Road complex, and from these made a tentative selection of one involving twin over- passes from Garden Road into Murray Road and Jackson Road.
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