CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGE BETWEEN ROMANIA AND BULGARIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 1, 1999
• Sequence Number: 118
• Publication Date: May 3, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT 25X1A
CccAatruotion cf Bridge Between Rumania
a:fd Bulgaria
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Construction c*. a bridge to conneo?t Bulgaria and Rumania was begun in
the According to the plan, the bridge was to be oompleted
b It is five-six km south of Ruse near Sruboheto
j s o RENSome temporary buildings were oonstruoted first on
both banks, acme Afar the workers and others far the oonatruotion materials.
Oily the workerr were allowed an the oonntruotlon site and signs with
the following inscription were posted around the buildings: "Taking
piotures or making sketches is strictly forbidden".
2. Both Rumanians and Bulgarians are working an the brilgo at the same time.
At this point, the water is not as deep on the Bulgarian aide as it is
2 5X1A on the Rumanian side. Near the humanian shore, there is a small Island.
'an the piers (kolona) were under o onstruotion. Ca the
Bulgar an al e, there are fiv3 rectangular piers about 15 ci high which
have an opening at the top to allow for the drainr:ge of water.
25X1A 3. This spring 17, one of the piers was swept away by the water. Some
people thought that this was iabotage but the specialists said that the
foundation had not been solidly built.
4. The bridge will be on two levels, the first for trains to both ocuntrica
and the second for vehicles and pedestrians. The whole iron atruoture
was ordered in Czechoslovakia and one section of it has arrived. The
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struotion is under the direction of she Hungarian
Smagai, noted in the field of bridge oaastruction.
engineer
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those over the Danube at Budapest and Belgrade and the 1grgest Hungarian
steamships, the Debruen and the Budapest L ualdentifiecL/ will be able to
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pass under them with raised masts, (funnels). The largest span will be
about 30 m hi The distance between piers Is about 40 m. At the and
of Aug , an the Bulgarian side, work was begun on setting up the
iron construction and eyewitnesses nay that It looks like the sketch below:
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5. More than one thousand workers from both oouItriee work on the bridge but
no ooncentrati...i vamp workers wr.. Erieonere were. upe4. ?Durtng the last
months of mmnmer, Eosta Momahij , deputy oamnander of the 5th Danube
Regiment arrived at the construction site. He was arrested there and
cent to prison and was accused of taking pictures of the bridge with the
intention of handing them over to the enen4V.
6. In addition to the above-mentioned engineer, Oaooh, Soviet, Rumanian,
and Bulgarian sr4ineering specialists were working on the bridge.
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