ROAD CONSTRUCTION MATAGALPA--PUERTO CABEZAS, NICARAGUA

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CIA-RDP82T00709R000100250001-9
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December 28, 2016
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March 29, 2010
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April 1, 1982
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REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/29: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000100250001-9 m Offlum OQV agevy anallysis PepO!t x oMMM OOK (MMM (Road (06nstuctDn P eTq. o Q-fibenmo Mirmusuc W Z-94557/82. OAE -??47/82 APC OL 1982 -C?pq 1,7 0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/29: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000100250001-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/29: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000100250001-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/29: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000100250001-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/29: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000100250001-9 SECRET ROAD CONSTRUCTION MATAGALPA- PUERTO CABEZAS, NICARAGUA (S) 1. (S/WN) The Nicaraguan Government is constructing an improved, all-weather road into the remote region of northeastern Nicaragua. This construction was initially observed on imagery of August 1980. The road will extend between Matagalpa, where it will connect with the existing western Nicaraguan roadnet, and the Caribbean port city of Puerto Cabezas (Figure 1). 2. (S/WN) The Matagalpa-Puerto Cabezas road will be 190 nautical miles (nm) long and will incorporate newly constructed road segments with improved segments of existing roads. As of April 1982, 130 nm of road had been completed, 26 nm of road were under construction, and 34 nm of road remained to be improved or constructed. 3. (S/WN) The construction of bridges over at least 34 river crossing points ranging in length from 10 to 105 meters has been the most time-consuming aspect of the road construction (inset table, Figure 1). By April, 19 bridges were serviceable (Figure 2), and bridge construction was underway at five other river crossings (Figure 3). Construction of bridges at the ten remaining river crossings had not started. 4. (S/WN) Nine construction camps have been observed along the road. Typical equipment observed in the construction camps included cranes, graders, bulldozers, bucket loaders, scrap- ers, and tractors (Figure 4). Some of the equipment reportedly has Soviet markings.' (S/WN) All applicable imagery acqui all applicable satellite imagery acquired through report. was used in the preparation of and this MAPS OR CHARTS DMA. Tactical Pilotage Chart, Series TPC, Sheet K-25B, 2d ed, May 79, scale 1:500,000 (UNCLASSIFIED) DOCUMENT 1. 470th MI GP. IR 2 231 0252 80, Observation of Russian/Cuban Road Project (U), 141830Z May 80 (S) Comments and queries regarding this report are welcome. They may be directed to Third World Forces Division, Imagery Exploitation Group, NPIC, WNI NTEL Z-14557/82 IAR-0047/82 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/29: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000100250001-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/29: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000100250001-9 SECRET Serviceable Bridges 1 12-59-25N 085-50-10W Concrete deck 2 13-03-55N 085-44-50W Concrete deck 3 13-15-30N 085-26-25W Concrete deck 4 13.19-55N 085-22-30W Concrete deck 5 13.21.15N 085-21-OOW Concrete deck 6 13-22.15N 085-20-40W Concrete deck 7 13.25.55N 085-19-05W Concrete deck 8 1 3-27-OON 085.18.00W Concrete deck 9 13-31.1 ON 085.14.30W Concrete deck 10 13-38-1 ON 085-01-OOW Concrete deck 11 13 49-OON 084-39-15W Wooden deck 12 13-49-55N 084-38-02W Wooden deck 13 13-57-45N 084-15-40W Wooden deck 14 13-57.55N 084-14-55W Wooden deck 15 14-03-OON 083-47-15W Wooden deck 16 14-04-OON 083-42-25W Wooden deck 17 14-03-30N 083-41-50W Concrete deck 18 14-03-20N 083-41-OOW Wooden deck 19 14-09-05N 083-31-25W Concrete deck 13-20-25N 085-21-40W Concrete deck Midstage of construction 13-35-50N 085-10-15W Concrete deck Midstage of construction 13-57-50N 084-20-50W Concrete deck Midstage of construction 14-02-1 ON 084-04-50W Concrete deck Late stage of construction 14-04-1 ON 083 43-30W Initial stage of construction 13-07-05N 085-41-15W 35 13-29-OON 085-16-15W 15 13-37.15N 085-02-55W 10 13-41.25N 084.51.55W 25 13-41-50N 084-51-05W 40 13-44-ION 084-48-15W 35 13-49-57N 084.37.50W 20 13-54-45N 084-25-30W 35 14-03-30N 083-47.50W 20 14-07-OON 083.32.50W 105 -2- Z-14557/82 SECRET IAR-0047/82 SERVICEABLE BRIDGE Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/29: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000100250001-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/29: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000100250001-9 Next 2 Page(s) In Document Denied Iq Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/29: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000100250001-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/29: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000100250001-9 Secret Secret Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/29: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000100250001-9