HIGHWAY BETWEEN KARAGANDA AND SPASSKIY ZAVOD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007000120001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 19, 2008
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: June 12, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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2. In paragraph 1, the coordinates for Spasskiy Za,Wod should read N 49-32, E 73-17.
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1. Spaskiy Zavod (49-03 N, 73-16 0) and Karaganda was connected by c, highway
about 60 km long. The high..ay, which had very few rades, followed the
course of valleys. It had a surfaced strip about 4 motors ^w:}..c.e and dirt
strips on its two sides. The surfaced stria was used by 5-tor: '.rucks. During
the winter months, snow drifts frequently made the highway :I.;i_p seable
and traffic on it was interrupted up tit six weeks. Motor snot. Plows were
available for snow clearing purposes. The highway had many small bridges
from 5 to 20 meters long; the load capacity of many of these bridges was
reinforced by additonal planking. A vpead limit was in force for all of
these bridges. After the summer of 1951, r!.+ry of the bridge, were
reconditioned. It was also learned that the hi ;}.w y eras to be improved. No
construction details were observed on the hij-hwz.y in June 1953,
2. The highway between Spaski y Z ;rod was par:illeled b`, a :9 .crep=t narrOW-MAIRe
railroad line which hal been built by the British decades aGo.
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In 1952, prepar;itions were made for the recons ruction of this railro
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