The Archive · 1939

Highway Links Yunnan And Szechuen

Chungking, Nov. 10, Inaugurating another " transporta~ tion system in China's south-west, was announced today that anew highway linking Yunnan with Sze-Jcbuen direct will be opened to trame early next month, The new highway, which runs from Kunming, capital of Yunnan, to Lalo chow, in south Szechuen, is slightly more than 300 miles long. It wil {ake four and a half days to complete the entire trip.

Leaving Kunming, the fret stop will be at Suanwel, the second at Weining, the third at Pichich, and the fourth at Sulyung.

"The Ministry of Communications will send 800 new buses for a pas-[senger_ service on the new highway; it was completed some months ago, but landslides during the rainy season necessitated repairs.

Five large bridges have not yet [peen' completed, and for the, present, buses and motor-cars will have to ferried across the rivers at those points—Reuter, British Official Leaves

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