COMPLETION OF MING RIVER BRIDGE, KWANGSI

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009600100003-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 18, 2006
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: January 7, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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On 15 October the Kueilin 6 Bridge Engineering Corps com leted the construction
of the Ming River bridge between Ningming (107-07, 22-09) and Mingehiang
(10711, 22-09). The bridge is of an arch type-and is 31 meters long. !'I
size it ranks second only to the Yu River bridge.
11hen the, Ming River bridge was under construction, strong c~irrents caused the
collapse of_the wooden beams. Steel beams, found. by engineers at Tajungchiang
3t. ), were welded in 2-meter sections at the Hunan-Kwangsi Railway
Repa.a and Installation Shop in Chiuhuashan ( f ..4 ), Kueilin, and
i&ed to reconstruct the bridge.
LIANG, a division. chief of. the La.ipin--Chennan.uan branch railroad, stated
that the completion of the Ming-River bridge will be a deciding factor in
the operation of the railroad between Laipin and Chennan,&ua.n by the end of
November.
described in l
Comment,. The collapse of the Ming River bridge and other delays
in the construction of the railroad between Laipin and Chennankuan were
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