RAILROAD BRIDGES IN THE USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500730020-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 4, 2003
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: November 11, 1998
• Content Type: IR

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Approved For Release 2008/03/03: CIA-RDP80-00809A000500730020-5
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
COUNTRY U.S.S.R
SUBJECT lee:l1acc'. d Bridges in the MM
The following two stoma pre the oaa3,y arefs*rariczs in ntnautored S tet radio
broadmate of 1 April 1947 -, 2 July 1947 to the con:;Itructien 3' a of
USSR rail, bridges tlrxt have been restored or that are in the can of
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reotorat3,om. PIT
(Tez) "250 trail bridges, including 22 ?panning the Dau; of ? I'riperG,
Dniester, and Nosthera Douet i Rivw s, uhiah were destroyed b~ the Cea. na+,
are to be restored this year. A new method evolved by Soviet Masers
renders ootarete faro tunes stronger and helps save building mat ia..i ca,
The subetitutiom. of such Concrete for structural steel raid Satre two
of metal and speed up the bride-e~-b ilding program." (. GW, TAgS, IN
1 GF:is11 maw, TO I C1}t H 4U mSCA, PR n 2x, 1.947) , f [I-
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(Ter) "Traffic w'~U shortly be opened on a ne : railway bridge:
: eai Sta{:ion
Lief t. in the Voronezh region, one of the 22 large bridge whin a -to bo
built this -`
yam. The rauilu~iiag p Irk was done t:ndm- difficult 066.1.it3.ans.
The builders had to mine to 30 motors height ser vers1 I netearp ang steal
girders which had boon blotm up by the Ge,a r invaders. The i was con.-
siderably expedited by the two of a now (crane?) of .load Iia9.an~{?1}'st'bout e
design, applied here for the .ffret time.,' (1MsCOW, TAWS,, IN .i isrr M-
TO NOR` H fll ttCA, MAY 25, 197,7) r:
This document conta s information
affecting the nation al alefense of the
United States within d" meaning of
the Espionage Act, 50y J.S.C. 31 and
32 as amended. Its trapsmission or
the revelation of its xitents in any
manner to an unauthor:iz_ d person is
prohibited by law,
CLASSIrICATI0.N .SPkilW
E~EST, 8 ruLy 3.947
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