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The old caravan route over the Salang Pass which will soon be replaced by the new Salang Highway,
incorporating a tunnel 2½ kilometres long
signed with I.C.A. on June 30th, 1958.
The survey and design work on this
project was given to an American
company early in 1959, while aerial
photography of the highway was
carried out in June and finished in July.
It is estimated that constructional work on
this road will start in the autumn of this
year.
Airports
The construction of airports at Bagram
and Kabul, two of the country's most
important construction projects, has been
a further responsibility of the Ministry
of Public Works. Work on the construc
tion of the Bagram Airport began in
February, 1958, and by now 90 per cent
of the concreting work and 60 per cent
of the buildings have been finished. The
remaining work will be completed as
quickly as possible. The runways have a
length of 3,000 metres and a width of
54.4 metres, while the total area of the
airport is approximately 63,200 square
metres. Runway work finished on the
7th June, 1959, 32,000 cubic metres
having been the amount of concreting
material used. Most of the hangars will
be finished in August of this year. The
taxiways are 4.3 kilometres long, and
their date of completion was June, 1959.
A drainage system 5,520 metres in
length has been constructed to collect and
take away excess water from the airport.
Five houses have been completed for
airport officers, the transformer station is
65 per cent finished, and a road leading
to the airport is under construction, of a
total estimated length of 10 kilometres.
Furthermore there will be a hospital (20
beds), clinic (60-patient capacity), and
other structures for various purposes.
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