MILE POST |
DATE REACHED |
LOCATION |
ALONG THE LEDO ROAD IN INDIA AND BURMA |
0.00 |
01 OCT 42
|
LEDO |
Construction begins from small tea plantation town in northern Assam. |
4 |
16 DEC 42
|
Lekhapani |
Depot at the northern terminus of rail lines from Karachi and Calcutta. |
15 |
31 DEC 42
|
|
|
34 |
26 JAN 43
|
Hell Gate |
The road begins its ascent to Pangsau Pass through the Patkai Range of the Himalayas. |
36 |
28 FEB 43
|
Pangsau Pass |
The road crosses the India-Burma border near its highest point at nearly 4,600 feet. |
50 |
01 AUG 43
|
Nawngyawng |
|
55 |
|
Loglai |
Sub-depot. |
60 |
22 OCT 43
|
Tincha |
Progress on the road reaches about a mile per day. |
69 |
|
Namlip |
|
79 |
|
Tagap Ga |
Northernmost point of Japanese infiltration into Burma. |
92 |
NOV 43
|
Nathkaw |
|
95 |
|
Taga Sakan |
|
98 |
|
Chinglow Hill |
Through "seven miles of steep grades and sharp curves" the road descends to Shingbwiyang. |
103 |
27 NOV 43 |
SHINGBWIYANG |
First large "city" reached in Burma was a Kachin village. Here the 497th Engineer Heavy Shop Co. established "Little Peoria." |
118 |
|
Ningam Sakan |
|
128 |
|
Yupbang Ga |
Tarung River |
143 |
|
|
Tawang River |
148 |
|
|
Lamung River |
151 |
|
Nritu Ga |
Tanai River |
159 |
|
|
Magwitang River |
161 |
|
Walawbum |
Numhkang River |
175 |
|
Tingkawk Sakan |
|
178 |
|
Jambu Bum |
|
183 |
|
Shadazup |
|
189 |
|
WARAZUP |
Low point in this area required the building of a causeway through the swamp, 18 inches above the highest flood level. |
205 |
OCT 44 |
Nampin |
|
222 |
|
Tumbonghka |
|
234 |
|
Namti |
Kachin village midway between Myitkyina and Mogaung. |
254 |
|
Myitkyina Fork |
The north fork to Myitkyina, the south fork (Ledo Road) bypassing the city, to the Irrawaddy and Nampaung. |
268 |
AUG 44 |
MYITKYINA |
The airfield at Myitkyina was the largest in north Burma and became an important hub for air operations supporting road construction and Hump flights. |
272 |
06 DEC 44 |
Irrawaddy River |
1,627-foot long bridge (853 feet of it floating) spans the Irrawaddy between Myitkyina and Waingmaw. Completed 31 MAR 45. |
287 |
|
Nampaung |
|
299 |
|
Kazu |
|
329 |
|
Nalong |
|
354 |
|
Myothit |
Taping River |
372 |
|
BHAMO |
|
439 |
|
Namkham |
Dr. Gordon Seagrave's hospital overlooked this city in the Shweli River Valley. |
465 |
27 JAN 45 |
Mongyu |
Last Japanese resistance is cleared and the Ledo Road joins the old Burma Road near Wanting, China. |