RUMANIAN HIGHWAYS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007300180009-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 3, 1999
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: April 12, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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1a A new strategic road iL now ;.ender construction from H-icharest to Constf,.ntao
It. will pass through the province of laloraita and ti i ough Dobruja to Co.~:stanta,
6`kork on this road began in, the summer of 1950, and `,ae first section is
ocm.Dletod to the village c ( " Urzl.eeni in the provijic, of Ialomita.. The road
wi 11 run parallel to the U. Gnube-Black Sea Canal :';.? ~;t Cernavoda to Con.sta.r-:ta,
2 ~ The width of the roads in umani a is generally b ;ween three to four meters.
The width of the Stalin (f orruarly t rasov )- 3acau . oad is about four meters.
At certain points the width varies, according ts, the areas which the road
traverses
3 . Another road is to be constructed from Craiovv.. to the port of Calafat where tr,.re
is a floating bridge over tLLo D?~rnube River. " -s bridge connects Calaffat with
the Bulgarian port on the op:,,osite side, V'idin, t`he inauguration of this bridge
took place on 3 September 19,50, The bridge was, :onstructed. by Soviet and
Rumanian units of the Corps ,f' LngineorsoAnti-, ircraft guns have been placed
near the bridge.
4. The most important asphalt paved highway is that Cti nec .ing Bucharest to the
industrial town of Stalin It ii four meters wide and passes through the
Ploesti oil fields,
5? It is alleged that ha construction of a strategic road from Brasov to the
western frontier toward Hungary, will .or2.:_ence in 1.e near future?
The highway, four rr.oters wide, which starts f roan Ge 1_ati anco connects the city
of Braila, Buzau, 11.oesti;, and ends at Bi.-harest vaa : recently repaired. This
highway runs about 1~00 to 400 !:eters away from the . r?field of lanca, in the
province of Braila and door not cross any bridges o: military importance.
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