STRAIGHTENING OF THE SULECHOW-ZIELONA GORA HIGHWAY/COMMENTS ON FACILITIES AVAILABLE IN CIGACICE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00926A006900040008-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 21, 2002
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: February 8, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

Ec 1951 01-40
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CONFIDENTIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT Straightening of the Sulechow-Zielona Gora Highway
Comments on Facilities Available in Cigacice
DATE ACQUIRED
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Sulechow-Zielona Gora Highway
2. "The three sections of the highway which have been straightened are:
a) the section north of Cigacice (German: Odereck);
b) the section south of Ci acice,.south,of the Odra River;
c) a section south of ,fib, near the village of Zawada (German: Eichwaldau).
"At all points the highway is eight meters wide, with an additional one meter-wide lane
on each side. The bridge crossing'the Odra in Cigacice is also eight meters wide, with
a one meter-wide passage for pedestrians on each side. This bridge was rebuilt in con-
nection with the highway project and is. based on a foundation of eight pillars, of which
three stand in the water with the othe
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rivex?m~ The wooden bridge which was used until the beginning of 1953 was dismantled
in
September. In Cigacice itself, a number of houses were dismantled in order to have
more space for the new road.
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Facilities Available in Cigacice
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3. "The vineyards around Cigacice have completely disappeared. At present, the only attrac..
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aroere, aong wth a coaldump, there are large
grain warehouses, Two small cranes are available for the loading and unloading of barges.
It is estimated that the harbor can accomodate approximately 50 barges,, Near the harbor,.
the buildin .which housed the former power plant is now under renovation. In'September 1953,
a brigade of specialists was coming to Cigacice to perform is ecoristruction.
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