THE HUNGARIAN HIGHWAY SYSTEM

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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2002
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: June 13, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
Hungary
The Huagariaa Highway System
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1. The extension and reconstruction of the communications system has been
undertaken in Hungary as part of the five-year plan. In this work,
? military affairs received first consideration; economic considerations
caMe second, and inland water traffic played only a third place role.
2. It was especially important to develop the communications from Karpatho-
Dkraine (fthorod region) to the Yugoslav border. The emphasiain all
technical aommunications activities is laid on eastern Hungary, la
contrast to the western part. This was the reason for the building of
the "Nagistralen (super-highway) Beregsurday-Nyiregyhdza-Debrecen-
BerettyoUgalu-Szeghalom-BSkescsaba-T6tkomlals-Mak6-Szeged (see map).
The Nagistrale. The second class highway between Beregsurdny and
Nyiregyhdza has been reconstructed as a first class highway, with a
stretch of entirely new construction between Gyulahdaa and Baktaldrdnthdza.
From DeregsuTziny, with a branch road from there to Berehovo? through
Vdsdrosnam4ny to Gyulahdza the road follows the route of the former second
class road; from Gyulahdza there is a stretch of new construction south
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southwesterly to Baktaldratheza, where it again picks up and follows the
route of the old road through Apagy to Nyiregyhdza, with the difference
that it does not pass through Napkor. The bridge over the Tisza (Tbeiss)
River at Vdsdrosnameny is a new one. It will support a weight of 60 tons,
like all the other bridges; and culverts along the route. The aoncrete
road surface is eight meters wide and has paved shoulders on each
side, 1.5 meters wide. The distance from Beregsurdny to Nyiregyhdza is
86 km.
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Fron the road described above a, rebuilt fu ,b class road follows the
route of-the.former second class road out of Vdadrosnamdny through
Feh4rgyarmat? Mdteszaika, Nyirbdtor, Nyiradony, to Debrecen. The
surface of this road is asphalted.
The. formerly asphalted Nyiregyhdza-Debrecen road was rebuilt of concrete
in 1950-51 and widened-to eight meters. It also has a 1,5 meter paved. h
shoulder on each side. The length of this section is 56 km. It
also will support- a -weight of 60 tons. -
The road Nyiregyhdza-Kisvdrda-Zdhony, has also been rebuilt as a first
class: road,
7- From Debrecen second class roads without uniformity of character led
through Beretty6ujfalu? CadkmdP, Szeghalom? 105/46sladtay, Mez6ter6ny,
Bdk4scsaba, Csanddapdcza, Takoml6s? Mak6? Kiszomber and Szeeg. These
roads have now been unified and their surface rebuilt to first class
roads. Completely mw stretches were built between Mezdterdny-
E4k4scsaba and Csanddapdcza-T6tkoT/ds. The asphalt work between Szeged
and Mak6 is also finished, leaVing only the Mak6-TeftkomI6s stretch
still being worked on, with I May 1952 set as the finishing date.
8. The road from Sdtoraljaajhely, on the Czechoslovakian border, and
Bodrog-Keresztur has also been rebuilt as a first class highway by
changing the route. This road connects through GdIszdcs with the
Uzborod-Kosice road, which the Czechs rebuilt with concrete in 1949,
so that the Soviet rinion has another direct highway from Karpatho-
Ukraine to the west by this route, through Miskolc and Budapest.
9. The second class highway, Debrecen-Hajd4b5sz6rm4ay-Fo1ggr.
HeAteresztur, has been rebuilt as a first class road; the last section
into Hejekeresztur? has been rebuilt as a first class road; the last
section, into Bejekeresztur is entirely new. At that point this road
connects with the Budapest-Miskolc express highway. A concrete bridge
of 60 tons load capacity has been built over the liejerstreams In this
way Miskolc, Debrecen and Szeged are united by a modern through.
automobile highway.
10. The enclosed map shows the first class highway network in the eastern
part of Hungary, east of the Tisza River.
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