REPAIRED BRIDGES GIRAUL RAILROAD AND HIGHWAY BRIDGES OVER RIO GIRAUL, ANGOLA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000100030009-3
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 7, 2011
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: November 29, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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REPAIRED BRIDGES
GIRAUL RAILROAD AND HIGHWAY BRIDGES OVER RIO GIRAUL, ANGOLA
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: ROUTES OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MOCAMEDES
AND r.1ENO U RE- NEARLY RESTORED.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: RESTORATION OF THE MOCAMEDES-MENONGUE RAIL LINE
AND HI HWRIDGES, WHICH WERE DAMAGED BY A SOUTH AFRICAN
ATTACK IS NEARLY COMPLETE. BOTH BRIDGES OF
THE GIRAUL RAILROAD AND HIGHWAY BRIDGE OVER RIO GIRAUL HAVE
BEEN TEMPORARILY REPAIRED TRACK HAS
BEEN LAID ON TWO TEMPORARY ROADBEDS WHICH CONNECT WITH THE
UNDAMAGED CENTER SPANS OF THE RAILROAD BRIDGE. WORK IS
CONTINUING ON ONE SMALL SEGMENT OF TRACK. THE DOWNED SPANS OF
THE HIGHWAY BRIDGE HAVE BEEN REPAIRED IN A SIMILAR MANNER WITH
TEMPORARY EARTHERN ROADBEDS. ONLY A HIGHWAY BYPASS HAD BEEN
CONSTRUCTED BULLDOZING CUT AND FILL OPERATIONS
CONTINUE IN THE VICINITY OF BOTH BRIDGES.
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(SWN) THE PRIORITY GIVEN TO THE REOPENING OF THIS RAIL LINE
AND HIGHWAY UNDERSCORES ITS STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE. THE
MOCAMEDES-MENONGUE RAILROAD IS THE ONLY RAIL LINE LINKING KEY
MILITARY BASES IN THE PORT CITY OF MOCAMEDES WITH CUBAN AND
ANGOLAN MILITARY BASES IN THE LTJBANGO, MATALA, AND MENONGUE
AREAS. BOTH BRIDGES ARE APPROXIMATELY 8 NM NORTH OF MOCAMEDES.
COORDINATES 15-04-22S 012-09-03E
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and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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