RAILROAD BRIDGES IN POLAND

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 19, 2002
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• Publication Date: August 1, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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Oder-Neisse Bridges:
L. Dridi:es in Szczpeft (sortNJR).,.
The data on these brid7es refars to their status :Ln early 1945
when these Orid;!es Icre still intact.
Accordl'Ig to several sources, the briOzes were reconstructed or
repaired in a Ilakeshift way, some of them lait'n the help of military'
bride equipment. It i2 believed that the temporary structures have
in the -Icantime been replaced .by permanent bridges essentially of
the sane type as the original ones , as some of them suffered only
minor caraoes.
A. -Double-track steel bridge with three spans of 600 84 and 60 meters
res-2ectively.
B. Pouble-track steel bridge with three spans and a turning span. -
Leni:th of each span: 72 meters; total length: 260 meters.
C. Double-track steel bridge with three spans of 62,5, 100, and 6?..5
meters rhspectively, -Total length: 227 meters.
D. Double-track steel bridc,e_with eight spans and one turning spa i>
Lenicth of main center span: 76 meters; total; length: 215. met)rs.
Bp Double-track steel :.)ridc.,,e with four spans. Length of main spa l:
92 meters; total length: 144 meters.
Fp Double-track Steel bride with two spans of 37.6 meters each aid
a turning span, 35 meters long. Total length: 1124,6 meters.
G. Double-track steel bridge with two spans of 53.5 and 39.6 mete 7s
and a turning. span L1.75 meters long. Total length: 137 Lete50
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.2. Bride AI riedervutzen
This single-track cembened railroad and road bridge, which is
senexelly referred to es Hohennetzen Drtdse, was destroyed in 1945,
The 3ad :reienealde-Uohenwutzen railroad Jane -which leads to the
bridge in Soviet Zone territory is in opeeation. It is unknown
whether the continuation of this line east of the Celer River in
Polish occupied territory is in use. The reconstruction of this
bridge appears improbable since it is on a single-track branch lin
which has lost its iepertance after the establishment of the Oder -
Atisse line, (1)
3. BrlIGs at_ tstara. RudOPILlateRacantbrh
Also referred to as the Oder Bridge near Slekiorkt, The bridse, wheah
had nine spans arid was 335 meters long, was destroyed in 1945? It
is on a single-track secondary line, which was dismantled, between
.;4riezen and the western bank of the Oder Rn.ver? No details are
available on the statue of the line east of the Oder River in the Fo-
lish occupied territory. A reconstruction of the Isidge appears
improbable with the astablistunent of the now border, (2)
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There are actually two bridges at Rostawn, One bridge crosses the
flood area of the Cder, and consists of 11 spans with a total length
of 1,730 meters with separate spans for a single track and for a
double track. The oeher is a steel bridge over the Oder River with
three spans of 5304 meters each and one of SO metere, or a total
length of 243,5 meters, At present only one track of this second
bridge is in operation, but work on the reconetructjon of the seconl
track has been under way since early 1952 are: is scheduled tc te
completed in late 1952. (3)
5. Bridee over the Eeisse River at gerseleg faeerlits)
The structure is a double-track viaduet, three spans of which were
demolished in 19/45. The reconstruction of the bridge was scheduled
for 1951, but the project was not executed, The Pc3ish State Rail-
roads reportedly plans to.reconstract the viaduct in 1952. Prior
to 1 April 19520 there were no indications that construction work
had actually been Started. (4)
II. Brikts of the Vistula Rfarer. (5)
1. Dridee at Tceew (Direcle.au
This deubleetrack steel bridge with 3 spans of 82 meters, 2 of 65 me-
ters, and 5 of 131 meters, or a total length of 10050 metere, was
destroyed in 1944 Its reconstruction was completed in 1948. Details
on the present status of the bridge are not available.
IttlaceenI11181M1.1!? erverder
This single-track bridge was built as a temporary structure by eerrsen
eailway engineer troops in 1.944:eXt is located neat Cpalenie OD 54/D 55) an
the Ceehmentau-ellidZYn (sic) railroad line and had b2 spans with a tete'
length of 1,001 meters, The bridge was destroyed in early 1945, tie
ieforeetion on the reeceeteuetion of the bride hart een reeelved,
3 Bride? at Grudejede Graudens)
The double-track steel etructure with 11 spans of 97 eaters each ang.
a total length ef 1,100 eeteee was destreyel in February 19!..50 It has
. been reconstructed, Ue details are available on the new eeidge.
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rridec et Fordon -(p 54/ jels).
The single-track steel structure with 13 'spans of 65 and 5 of. loo
meters each, or a total length of 1,300 meters, was destroyed in
1945 but has been reconstrueted. 1%etails on the reconstructed?bricge
are not available. .
Be_at Torun (thorn),
The double-track bridge was reconstructed as a steel structure on
concrete piers in 1940. The present bridge has rieven spans and a
total length of 930 meters
Liridge at flock.
This structure was a combined railroad and road steel bride with
2 spans of 110 meters each, 2 of 84 meters each; 2 of 92 meters
each, 1 of 76 meters, and 2 of 21 meters each and a total length
of 690 ueters. The bridge was ddstroyed in 1945 but has been recor ,
structed in the meantime. Ifo inf,rmation is available on its pre-
sent status,
7. Bridee at 3Jeulin.
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Thn bride?, aesingle-track steel structure with five spans, was
destroyed in 1945 but has been reconstructed in the neantime. Le
details are available on its present status.
30 Bridge at 3andomierz.
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The bride0 a single-track ?tool structure with six spans, wee
destroyed in 1945, but has boon roconstruoted in the meantime. Vo
information is available on its present status,
IIIODrid1;es cive;? the Earew river,
The bridge over the -eTarew river at Ostrolenka is in operation, .110
details on its present status are available.
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1? Bride? at rev plIcw.
The structure has two track!, and is about 150 me tor long, ro
further details are available,
2, Bridge at -alkinia 01 W
The bridge is sin,;le-Lrack atrther details are not available.
3. 1.::414eils rest -itovsk.
The structure, which has one loviet-gauge track, is about 120 meters
long. . bride equipment was utilized .tk. i s first recon-
struction. Le inforeation has been received that the bridge has
been reconstructed in a eermanent form. ?
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(6)
Tho strueture has two teacke,, no.details on its present status'
are available,
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,:..x1111,7. over the S;Ar: river 6.'6 Przemysi !.-LaS. a standard-auce track
!md a toviet-aue track. Fo detaao available?. . ? .
).71, The bride cVer the Aeprz rf.ver at. reblin is sinitraol no further
details are rvailablo,
na, ,accapt for a tuanol in tna cit.:7 of .iarsau, railway tunvels are availabI;
ony in the iqaus)tainos eions of southern Poland and 3-17.esia on line
to rzeohosievakia o data on these tunnels are availablo,
VIII, flo i..r.dl'alnnnthn is availablo on the anount or types .of rtechanized con-
struction, rapair or ta-ecZin egaipment available.
IX Iar:e brides on the :ablaganLevio (rnunsbc.vg) railroad line exist
only -Jost of Bromjavo over heplialeka river, acd near-.;arkau over
the aude river. However, nn data on those brides arc available,
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