The fact that the line crosses so many large and small creeks makes the construction of bridges and culverts a big work. In the 5} miles of railway there will be four bridges and numerous culverts. The biggest bridge will be over the Soochow Creek at Jessfield, and will have a single span of 149ft., resting on two abutments, There will be another bridge over the Sicawei Creek with a Goff. span, This will be a rather unique construction, being not only a skew bridge, but one with a curve, Another bridge, with a 45ft. span, will cross the creek bout. 2] miles from the Shanghai-Nanking railway station, and the fourth will be near Lunghua, this having a span of 30ft, The culverts will, of course, be of various sizes, An Immense Boon, The tremendous advantages to be derived from the new junction will at once be seen, With the linking up of the Shanghai-Hangchow railway with Ningpo, passengers and goods can be conveyed to Nanking without changing, which in itself is a most important factor. The trains coming from Hangchow will be divided at the junction of the new line and the Shanghai-Hangchow line, and those for Nanking will be conveyed across the new line to the Shanghai-Nanking railway station, and from there to Nanking. This will be particularly useful in the transportation of troops, who will not be under the necessity of leaving the train at the terminus in the native city and marching across the Settlements to the Shanghai-Nanking railway station, which at presen is the case.
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