RAILROAD BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY BRIDGE OVER THE VISTULA (WISLA) RIVER NEAR DZIEDZICE

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• Publication Date: October 25, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
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COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
DATE ACQUIRED
Railroad Bridge and Highway Bridge
over thc Vistula (Wisla) River
near Dziedzice
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COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Railroad Bridge and Highway Bridge
over the Vistula (Wisla) River near Dziedzice
DATE OF INFORMATION
PLACE ACQUIRED
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DATE DISTR. 16 August 1955
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-1. Sep page 4, an overlay on MS 4416, Sheet T-13, C100 000, Rybniki
on which source identified the following points:
1. Dziedzice,
2. Railroad Bridge - For further information see para 3 and
page 7, this report.
3. Double Track Railroad - Stali-nogrod-Dziedzica-Bielsko.
L. Stalinogrod-Dziedzice-Bielsko Highway - Asphalt, eight meters
Wide, poor condition, light traffic.
5 Highway Bridge - For further information see para 2 and
page 5, this report.
2. See page 5, source's memory sketch of a highway bridge over the
Wisla River.
l.- Iron Railing - About 80cm high on both sides of the highway.
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2, Concrete Siding - About 80cm high and 20cm wide on both sides
of the. bridge.
Embankment - About five miters high.
Concrete Pier -With a Concrete Icebreaker - This pier was on,
dry land during normal tide, and in the water during floods. .
For:cUtawaY,viOt and dimensions see .Figure 1, page 6 this
report.
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StalinogrodBielsko Highway Bridge r the,Visla River,
located 3.5km north of Dziedzice (1145:. '9N4va);population
15,000.- It was a simply-supported concrete Construction. The
bx7idge was supported by four concrete piers. The two end piers
were smaller and of a slightly different construction than the
two center piers. This bridge was constructed about 1932? The
northern end of the bridge was destroyed and rebuilt twice,
once in 1939 and once in 1945. 'Source stated that the heaviest
snowfalls took place in. January and February but he never
noticed too much snow on the bridge itself. There were no
heavy fogs in this locality except forlocal morning fogs in
autumn which dispersed by 8:00 or 9:00 o'clock in the torning.
No measures were taken to safeguard the structure.
6. Concrete Pier with Concrete Icebreaker - For cutaway view and
dimensions see Figure 2, page 6, this report.
Wisla River --During normal tide, about 75m wide and 1.5m to
2m deep. The normal flow of water was six fo seven kilometers
per hour. In the early spring (March and April) during the
flood teason, the river-expanded to a width of about 175m.;
the depth was about seven meters and the speed of flow eight
to nine kilometers per hours* The river was never completely
frozen, but in February and March floating ice came down the
river. There was. no water traffic on this part of the river.
8. Highway to Pszczyna (N)49:-59,t18:-56)- Asphalt, poor condition,
eight meters wide; light traffic.
9. Sidewalk - Concrete, one-half meter wide.
10. Driveway - Cobblestone, six meters wide, light traffic. The
peak of motor vehicular traffic was mornings from 8:00. to 10:00
010100X, and afternoons from 2:00 to 4:00 0,'olock., And weekend
-traffic on Saturday afternoons .and Sunday evening's. There.
was heavy horsedart traffic in the early morning hours, 4:00 to
60o o'clock, on weekdays. They were transporting coal to the
villages from the nearby Silesia cop.]. mine.
11. Highway to Bielsko (N4949, E1901) - Asphalt, poor condition,
eight meters wide, light traffic.
See page 7, soutce's memory sketch of a railroad bridge over the
Wisla River.
1. Concrete Abutment - Supported the bridge on both ends.
2. Stalinogrod-Bielsko Double Track Railroad Bridge --One simply
supported, -quadrangular, through-truss, steel construction*
.The bridge was located about 3.5km north of Dziedzice approxi-
mately 130m west of the highway bridgepoint 5, page 7, this
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report. The construction-of the railroad bridge was completed
in the spring of 1954. There was formerly another railroad
bridge, about four meters west of the new one, which was
destroyed and rebuilt in 1945. Source stated that the old
rebuilt bridge was of very poor coristruction and that the
double track railroad at the southern approach to the bridge
made a very sharp turn and forded the trains to slow down to
about 10-15km per hour. After the completion of the new
bridge; the old bridge was de.stroyed. Source believed about
32 passenger trains and 140 freight trains, one freight train
every 20 minutes in each direction, crossed the bridge in a
24-hour period. The peak of traffic on weekdays wasbetween
1500 and 2000 hours. On Sundays the traffic was about the
same, except for four passenger trains which were dropped
from the timetable. Source did not observe the bridge being
gudrded, but stated that there was one railroad crossing
signal shack on each side ..of the bridge. He believed that the
railroad crossing guards would prevent all unauthorized per-
sonnel from using the bridge
3. Wisla River - For further information see point 7, page 5,
this report.
4. Earth Fill.
5. Railroad Crossing Signal Shack
6. Road Barrier - Guarded the railroad and dirt road crossing.
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