COMMUNICATIONS: BRIDGES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000300010008-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 16, 1998
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: January 24, 1946
• Content Type: IR

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CENTRAL IN47-ILIGENCE GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
COUNTRY Albania
IF-CT Cammmications: Bridges
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ORIGIN
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DATE: 25X1 X6
INFO?
DIST. 24 January 1947
PAGES 2
SUPPLEMENT
1. mate Brid e
source reports that the road bridge near Mbrostar is. built of.
steel parts which came from hangars constructed by the
Italians. The bridge rests on three pillars, One pillar Is
made of concrete & the other two,, which are partly submerged
and one meter above the waters are made of iron tubes tilled
with concrete C. These iron tubes are solidly planted in the
ground. on these steel pillars (sic), concrete pillars have
been constructed, Source states that this otstruotion is
apparently typical of Soviet engineering as the big pillars
of the Pancevo bridge near Belgrade are built similarly. In
such construction the building. oS caissons is unneoessiary,
2m Rogozblxie
The Rogoine bridge is reported to be built on pillars like
those described above, with a wooden structure above the
Pillars o
3, t BrI
This bridge is eery low and rests on three pillars made of
concrete. The structure above is made of solid iron (sic)_,
The 1uoit bridge is built on pillars made of iron and ooncrete?
The structure above the-pillars is made of iron (sic
4. Bridges on tics. it--- i hich rlowa Into the- grin i io ar Scutari:
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5 s P?nkgye Bridge:
Source states that this bridge is built in concrete and
that the bridge apparently has no pillars because of
its great height (36 meters), Lonnth of the bridge is
96 meters; width is 0 meters Q
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