CONSTRUCTION METHOD USED IN THE ROAD FROM IVDEL TO VISEI

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 1, 1999
• Sequence Number: 47
• Publication Date: May 3, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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"While at the Iv del hard labor camp in the Sverdlovsk
ablest construction of the toad from Vis.ii o-Vizha~ to
Ivdel Thin road is ong. the 25 km segment (Aiy from 25X1X
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:V.-.-`rate the construction method used in the
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SUBJECT Construction Method Used. in the Road
from IVdel to Vii
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d - Adboint erns . - woodein plaa2ca, 10R4 am in dieffia4er, wi 1=6 Re (b )
ff'3"~n SUM truck whoei'a and &louhs..
a sp&U - Cross picas 11M a railway tie, 25 am i n 0. r or.
6 - Zone oloarad of the Moritz Pass and lichen.
The letters stand for the is pasbs~las in (1).
(1) a-unow
b -v urns gafkoi,+a9-go om. ? in diumetier, ,lessgbh' se it~Giaated is
(a).
a' - PlwetinM v i orlon boards, six-ai4ht ems thick, 1eaitti nd0Wh'idth
InUaatiad in sizetah (2).
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The (b) pl3cs we saoh nine meters, , mood hitnhad todsther
as shown in omtoh (3).
The (d) planks are also nine motors long and hitched ae shown in sketch (4).
The Dross piaoas (e) are Pixod ok~r'I (b) 'as ah wn In sketch (4). There is out
arose piaoe every 70 am.
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The (c) boards are 5.5 motors lone 40 cros wide and nailed with
wooden nails to the crosspieces (e$.
(3) Illustrates method of joining two Dragon. The hole is bored with an
electric tool and a wooden nail Inserted.
(4) Fblarged sketch of (3.).
a - Skoba, the sort iron fasteners ti.hich tighten (o) to (b) and (d)
to c . Therm is one Skoba every three or four motors.
3? ' ov.et trucks use chains on their rear whaolo while driving on such roads in
winter. There is always some ice on the ':laatima' wooden boards, despite the
snow removal. The trucks also need chains whore the road slopes.
4. "Special brigades of inmates of the various hard labor camps scattered along
such roads in the Urals and in Siberia clear the snow in winter, under 14VD
supervision. Tbeso roads arc built parallel to railroad lines to make such
maintenance eaa.er. Hard labor camps exist six to 10 km apart along some of
these roads, a. g. from Ivdel toBurmeatovoAn- In cleared from the wooden
boards of the road and for one meter on either aide. The forced labor main-
tenance crave also keep the roads in repair.
5. These roads are single-lane. in most places thuy can tags only one truck at
a time. To acccnmadate two-way trafficpp every three or four km a road branr,heo
off and runs part'.lel to tkr original ;gad Sor 50-100 meters, then rejoins it.
Thus, it two trucks meet, the one nearest a deviation point backs up to got on
it, letting the other truck pass.
5? At uointe in the road construction where the terrain is vc:y uneven, the
4round is cleared of lichen and a wooden bridge id built - all of 'apala'
(railroad ties). These are laid crosswise at a 900 angle to thu road, and
secured with soft iron 'fastunersI. These ties Make a large pile, bringing
the ditch up to road levels The the road constriction is continued in the
regular way an top of the ties',
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