BUILDUP OF ROAD NET

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
Buildup of Road Net
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DATE D I STR. 3 SvW/E 954
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1. The roads running from the USSR cross the Hungarian border to the
Danube basin were greatly improved during the last year 59597 and through the
improvement and connection of many roads previously used only for local purposes,
the road net was much enlarged. Especially important improvements were made in
the exit,, ?rom the Carpathians, practically all of'which were concreted.
2. Line Lvov-Uzhorod-Zfrhony-Nyiregyhgza-Debrecen-Szolnok-Budapest. This line has
been made eight m broad, with a 50 cm-foundation that can take the heaviest tanks.
throughout its whole length. The reconstruction of the road bridge across the
Tisza at Ztfhony is important. Between Uzhorod and Zifhony the road runs briefly
across Czechoslovak territory; communication along this line was interrupted
for years by the lack of the Zdhony bridge. The reconstruction of the bridge has,
again,made rapid communication between Lvov and Budapest possible.
3. Line Lvov-Stryj Mukachevo B rehovo Vgs~rosnamgny-Hyiregyhgza Tokai-Szerencs-
Miskolc. The lie between Lvov and Stryj or, Soviet territory as )een made into
a concrete, road, eight m broad. Between Berehovo and Nyiregyhaza a new concrete
road has been built. and thArfb is nrAnaratinn for a nPw bridge at Vffailfrosnamenv_
4. Between these two main lines cross-connections have been built. One runs from
the Mukacevo-Berehovo section by way of Cop to the right bank of the Tisza, where
it meets the other main road in the Uzhorod-Zghony area, and another runs from
Berehovo across the new bridge over the Tisza to M4ndok.
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5. Line Lvov-Stanislav ?Delat?agi~ TataronZs-ir..7, then through the Tisza valley to the
west and southwest. In general] this road goes along the right bank of the
Tisza as far a: Vylok.. At Vylok it crosses the river and splits in two
directions. One of the new roads here runs to Debrecen by way of Bateszalka, the
other way of Satu 'flare in Rumanian territory, also to Debrecen.
6. Debrecen is connected with Miskolc by a new road. Thi_??. goes by say of Polgar,
where a new road bridge is built across the Tisza. The seccs.on from Debrecen to
Fuzesabony has been rebuilt into a first class highway, and serves as.a feeder
to the main line Budapest-Szolnok-.Debrecen.
7. From Debrecen the road mentioned in para. 5 runs by way of Berettyoujfalu-
$orosladany-Gyoma-Kunszentmerton-Tiszaug-Kecskemet-Durafoldvdr to Szekesfehervar.
The sections Koroslads(ny-Oyoma and Dune foldvar-Szekesfehervac_have beer, rebuilt.
From Korusladeny to Bekesesaba a new connecting road has been built, providing a
through connection from Debrecen to Szeged by way of Bekescsaba and !dako. From
Bekescsaba another first.class highway runs eastward through Rumania along the
line Salonta-?Hare-Oradea pare-Vales lui Mihai to the USSR. From Bekescsaba
westward runs a main road through Oroshaze-Szentes-Csongrad-Xiskunfglegyhaza-Bags
(where there is a new bridge)-Pecs-Dombovar.
8. All the highways mentioned have been given a standard width of 8 m. In building
these reads elcava.tiou is carried down to 45 on.. The base is 15 cm oC?erushed ?
rock on which another 15 cm of cinders is laid before rolling. On top of this
5 cm of fine sand and stone splinters are .laid to correct any unevenness, and
the road is rolled again. On this surface the concrete is poured. For each cubic
meter of concrete 320 kg of cement is used. Concrete is poured In sections 4 by
10 m. These sections or blocks are separated by three cm of asphalt.
9. On either side of the road are?.?droina.gor:ditches 50 cm deep and 70 cm wide, with a
bank 40 om?wide between them and the concrete.
10. The-work is usually carried or. simultArously in several sections, road workers
being recruited-from the nearby villagba. There are also a good. marry eompulsory
laborers building roads.