ROAD CONSTRUCTION MATAGALPA--PUERTO CABEZAS, NICARAGUA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 29, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 1, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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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
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MAPS OR CHARTS
DMA. Tactical Pilotage Chart, Series TPC, Sheet K-25B, 2d ed, May 79, scale 1:500,000 (UNCLASSIFIED)
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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,
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Serviceable Bridges
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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
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13-22.15N
085-20-40W
Concrete deck
7
13.25.55N
085-19-05W
Concrete deck
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1 3-27-OON
085.18.00W
Concrete deck
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13-31.1 ON
085.14.30W
Concrete deck
10
13-38-1 ON 085-01-OOW
Concrete deck
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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
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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
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