RAILROAD AND ROAD BRIDGES IN SZCZECIN (STETTIN)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00418R000500140015-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 9, 2013
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: July 19, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AMC( REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO,
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJEC1 Railroad and Road Bridges in Szczecin (Stettin)
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.1, in Li4 1954, tre railroad bridge ofer the Oder River east of the railroad station
in otettin was still damaged. aeil traffic acroes the river was maintained via
Pemmerensdorf Altdamm on a single track line. The railroad line extending to he
north was single track as far as Liegerort and double track beyond.
2 The 5tettin railroad station has been sompletely repaired and the trackage in
the station area had been reconstructed as far es the old railroad bridge,
3. Of the railroed bridges available in Stettin, the Bahnhof Bridge, the Hansa Bridge
and tLe Baum bridge were destroyed. The damaged Baum Bridge bas dismantled in
1950. in aay 1954, teere we no indications of an intended reconstruction
of this bridge. The reconstruction of the Hansa Bridge was started in ...ay 19.53
By Larch 1954, the section of the bridge between Vasco da Gama and the customs
ofeice eas. completed. There were no indications of an intended reconstruction
of the Bahnhof Bridge, e te.Ipory road bridge ees built over the Oder elver
bet,Aeee une eormer railroed bridga and the Hans e Bridge. A streetcar line
&leo crossed this bridge thica is about 200 meters downstream from the former
railroad bridgee This bridge wts the only read bridge over the Oder River in
ales center of etettin. The small bridge ever the Parnitz River in Stettin has
1).n reeeleeue
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previous information. For pinpoint location of the bridges mentioned, see
attached sketch. It may be expected that all railroad and road bridges in
etettin ehich are on major east-west routes bill be reconstructed by the end of
Attacament (I map sketch snowing Ile railroad and road bridges in Stettin (Szczecin))
available on loan from CA .;lap Library,
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