HIGHWAY TO TUNNEL
Roads Board Sees Project Members of the National Roads Board yesterday sawwork on the approach to the Christchurch-Lyttelton road tunnel for which the board has assumed responsibility, and had the proposals explained to them. The board's section of th* construction is about two miles and a half from Ferryroad to the Road Tunnel Authority’s boundary, which is about 15 chains from the Heathcote portal. The roadway has been designed to motorway standards, with a formation width of 45ft As well as the actual roadway, there will be a bridge over the Heathcote river, an overbridge at the railway, a two-lane underpass at Port Hills road and Horotane Valley road, and a aingle-lane underpass at the Lyttelton Borough Council's reservoir on the hill above the road.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29503, 3 May 1961, Page 22
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128HIGHWAY TO TUNNEL Press, Volume C, Issue 29503, 3 May 1961, Page 22
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