RAILROAD BRIDGES IN YUGOSLAVIA AND BULGARIA

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: November 15, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC- . Railroad .? ridP'ss in :;roslayia and Lul aria
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REMARKS Since YugToslavia_ and T3ul_aria art no
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inforiation available on railroad bridges in these countries
This bridge is on the newly cons
gauge railroad line from SARAJEV
walks protected by a steel raili
over the four piers.
(Annex.l
a. DOBOJ Railroa r Me over E
Date ? 2 'i>AY 1978 By: 24
Yugoslavia Auth:
ructed single-track standard-
to SAMACO It has two side-
and provided with bypasses
Lengths kbout 45 meters
Width: 4j meters
our concrete piers, abutments blasted into the rocks.
River clearance.' 7 meters
Superstructure: Louble T girders embedded in a 16-inch con-
crete layer. Wooden ties resting on ballast; one track with
safety rails.
River beds Coarse gravel and detritus. During the construc-
tion work the water level was only 16 inches.
b. Railroad bridge on the si.n:rle-.track standard- auge OGULIN-
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IT~ line. Near GOSPIC (N 44-34; E 15-24), there is a 40-meter bridge over
the Lika River, south of KNIN, there is a 15-meter bridge
over the Krka Brook, 'N 44-02; E 16-13).
c. Railroad bridle near FUZINE (N45-18; 114-43)
A 20-meter bridge over the Licanka Brook, one track.
d. RailrrA d brie, ~;e near GHADEC (N 41-23; E 22-22 )
During the war the two railroad bridges across the Vardar
River located between ;::..ISURA and 'JIROVCI were destroyed.
:instead of reconstructing these bridges, the line was trans-
fnr-rAC9 from the eastern to he we3tern bank of the river,
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(Annex 2). For this purpose a roadbed 2.2 m wide was blasted
into the mountains a rtendin;r along the bank of the 'Vardar
River. The blasted rocks were utilized for the foundations
of t .e roadbed. The rails of the previous line were used for
the new one (length of rails: 10 to 12 m), but new wooden ties
were laid. Connections between rails, screws, between ties and
rails, nails. A concrete-lined, si.nr;le-tracked tunnel, 270m
Toni, had to be built in the northern section of the line;
in the center, a concrete arch bride with a span of 30 m
was built over a gory-e. The s'nr-le-track standard-gauie line
is 10 k?a long and was constructed bra Yur oslav civilian workers
and German PI1`s from the surer of 1945 to July 1946. The 1 i..ne
was opened in Au"ust 1946. .
2. Bul (aria
No inf'or,.>ation is availaUe on the follovd.n- railroad bridges:
7.LOKUCHEN RR bridge over Colema ILemchiya River (43-07;27.01
TRNOVO
RR
Bridge
LnVSItl
RR
Bridge
;:ARLUK0V0 RR
Bridge
KUIILO
RR
Bridge
KAHNOEI:T
RR
Bridge
TULOVO
RR
Bridge
PROVDIV
RR Bridge
SO1,'YA
RR Bridge
LUP'r3ITZA
RR Bridge
KI!AHi;!AU- I
RR Bridge
10 LI SRA
RRBridge
over Yata River (43-04;25-37
over Osma Ftiver (45-22;25-12)
over lskr ',River (43-12;2',-05)
over tskr River (42-46;23-20)
over Az: ak Dere River (42=38;26-53)
over TundE ,'e River C42-33;25-33)
over "ilaril;sa Riv;.r (42-09;24-44)
over iskr Riper (42-40;23-25)
over Dzhe rmun River (42-i6;23-06)
over Olu Dore River (41-55;25-55)
over StrlxriaRiver (41-45;23-10)
Field Cot-:i ent :
Due to the rerouting of the rails.c, d. line (para ld) the bridge
near ALLC is no lcnTer requirec . The bridges listed in para
la through d are of minor Importance, since they are of short
spans and not high above the rive r level. In event of demo-
lition thee' can be spc edify repai. red. "urther data on the
brill 'es
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Index and description of bridge,-:;, viaducts and' tunnels, area
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b. Card 'v o 7397:
Table with location, len~-th and c ondition of bridges in
Yur oslovi~a.
c. Card No 7215:
Co.;.rlete cardex on railroad net is n Bul?aria.
d. Card: CIA/IC - 9649:
Deport on -;ul aria's railroad
These records date from the period ba''..tien 1941 and 1944. Re-
lativo to the nu.:bber, location, anc i;otal length ojf' objets
they r.ay be considered to be correct even today. C'n13 son-
struction Beta l.ls such ag the usdd material, nuhnber of ers
and spans may, for the tine acing,, r )e different since many of
these rri0?e4, which were destroy rl yIuring the war, ,t.ave.been
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reconstructed in a temporqry way. If and when these make-
shift structures will be replaced by per:ianent ones these
brid *es iiay be a9sumed to be rebuilt in their previous form
so that the mentioned data will again be valid.
2 Annex: New IJ: Brid}Te across the : osna River near KAKANJO
ER Construction south of aITOV V1 LES.
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