"النقل الآلي الطرق في بلاد فارس. المجلد ١ - الطرق الرئيسية. ١٩٤٢" [ظ‎‎٩‎٣] (٤٩٨/١٩١)

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Route V—Section B— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
U
3i
4f
1
205 The road swings north and cuts across a
branch of the plain to a prominent but
low spur after which it again turns east
and hugs the base of the hill which rises
sheer for 500'.
208| The road crosses by a culvert one of the
small streams flowing out of the marsh
and heads north again across the plain
(on a slightly raised causeway with very
steep cambering) dead straight towards
the prominent bluff under which lies
PUL-I-KHAN.
213 PUL-I-KHAN—three arch stone bridge
over the KUR river 70 x long, 12' roadway,
maximum height water above 16'—appro
aches easy but river quite unfordable
being 40* wide, deep and swift. Construc
tion was begun on a new stone bridge,
60 yards long with one arch of 35 yards,
downstream of the existing bridge, but
was suspended early in 1941. Should,
however, the existing bridge collapse or
be destroyed, use could be made of the
Sassanian dam at BAND AMIR; this
is wide enough for motor traffic, but
would require some small demolition of
rock outcrop on the north bank.
After crossing the river the road heads
generally north-east across the vast
and well irrigated MARV DASHT plain
but makes several seemingly needless
bends.
214 Close to the road on the right is the new
sugar beet factory. (Called MARV
DASHT in one report.)
217| KINAREH -village 1 mile right.
221f Ruins of PERSEPOLIS (TAKHT-I-JAM-
SHID)—gendarmerie post tea house and
workmen’s huts. There is also a small
landing ground.
Road turns sharp to the left and runs
parallel to and 50* distant from KUH-I-
RAHMAT on the right. The PUL VAR
liver is close on the left and remains so
for 20 miles.