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2 constructed, most of them having several arches and many of them
3 having from 10 to 20 arches. The masonry work is excellent and
4 comparatively cheap. Since May 1854, Rupees 14,15,000 have been
5 expended, making together with the previous Rupees 7,21,700, an aggre-
6 gate of Rupees 21,836,700 or £213,670. The cost of the road, exclusive
7 of the bridges over Jodee, Gugger, Tangree, Markunda, and Sursootee
8 streams, will amount to Rupees 12,574 or £1,257 per mile, and inclusive
9 of the bridges above-mentioned will amount to Rupees 23,076 or £2,307
10 per mile.
11 80. In regard to the second sub-division from the Sutlej to Lahore,
12 Road from Sutlej to the road from Loodianah to the Beas is not made.
13 Lahore. The new road is being planned; the old road
14 is kept in ordinary repair, but the traffic on it is great and it is
15 much cut up. From the Beas to Lahore there is a good metalled
16 road previously constructed ; a third coating of metal is now being
17 laid down uponit. The other piece of road belonging to this sub-divi-
18 sion, namely, that from Ferozepore, is marked out and a rough roadway
19 has been constructed ; but an improved roadway and masonry works
20 are required.
21 81. The remaining sub-division is that from Lahore to Peshawur.
22 Lahore and Peshawur ‘Lhe great Engineering difficulties, the number
23 Hom and size of the works, on this most interesting
24 road, have been fully described in former Reports. Of the total
25 distance, 2654 miles, 160 miles were open for traffic; now there are
26 about 192 miles open, that is, with the exception of a few breaks,
27 the whole road is open. But these breaks occur in places where
28 either difficult streams are to be bridged, or deep depressions are to
29 be traversed by causeways and embankments, or where: large hillocks
30 or elevations are to be cut through. Although the remaining distance
31 to be opened may be slight, yet in that short space the labor and _
32 expense will be enormous. In these places, however, some temporary
33 roadway is provided, so that traffic is not materially interrupted. Up
34 to date of last Report, 25 large and 238 small bridges had been
35 completed. Since that time 89 bridges, of sizes, have been completed,
36 besides 6 temporary timber bridges. Bridges of boats have been
37 furnished for the four rivers, Ravee, Chenab, Jhelum and Indus, and
38 it is proposed hereafter to span the Indus with a suspension bridge.
39 H