has a surface' dressing The road is 40 feet wide and crushed stone which makes the road quite serviceable even in the rainy season. Besides a number of bridges with level spans there are 56 arched bridges; 46 single arch, nine double arch, and one triple arch, and in addition there are 538 stone culverts for draining purposes. The bridges vary. in width from eighteen to. 24 fect according the requirements at the place where the bridge is built the minimum width being eighteen feet. These bridges are practically all made of stone reinforced with steel girders and laid in cement. Each bridge has engraved upon it the name of the contractor, the date of building, and the cost of erection. up the sides of the mountain on a gradual grade of twelve degrees, and after slowly climbing 850 feet the summit is zesched and a panoramic view of the surrounding country is obtained. It is a sea of hills; peaks in bewildering confusion rise on, every side and the traveller wonders how the bus is going to descend the mountain or get through the endless hills to the lower levels again. The descent, however, is most gradual.
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