PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE BRIEF RE NEW MINSK-BARANOVICHI HIGHWAY, BELORUSSKAYA SSR, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 4, 2001
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: September 4, 1956
• Content Type: BRIEF

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New Minsk-Baranovichi Highway
Belorusskaya SSR, USSR
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BRIEF NO.: B17-56
DATE: 4 Sept. 1956
LAT.: 52? 50' N to 53? 501
LONG.: 25? 40! E to 27D 351 E
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Target Mosaic: None
Map: AMS Series N501, Sheets NN 35-7, NN 35-8, NN 35-10.
Other: None
ENCLOSURES: (1) Location Map
liEMARKS :
A new, all-weather, 110 mile long highway has been constructed from a point approx.
25 miles SW of BkRANOVICHI to MINSK. This road is now in lisn, several vehicles are observed
along the route. Construction is still in progress on the MINSK by-pass section of this
highway. When completed it will join the main MINSK-MOSCOW highway just east of MINSK.
ROUTE DESCRIPTION
The new highway joins an existing all weather road at a point, approx. 5 miles ENE of
GNOYNO. It runs in a NE direction and overpasses the double track rail line between BREST
and MINSK 6 miles SE of LESNA. This overpass has a span of approx. 65'. The highway then
runs parallel to,and li miles north of the railroad until it joins with an existing road
2i miles east of TARTAK. Then it continues on the old road alignment to a point 6 miles SW
of BARANOVICHIlwhere it turns north and overpasses the rail line to STONIM. Then it turns
NE, overpasses a connecting rail line, overpasses the rail line to LIDA and continues NE
from a point approx. 1 mile north of BARANOVICHI.
The highway then runs 1 mile north of,and parallel to the BREST-MINSK rail line for
approx. 8 miles. At this point the rail line swings east, but the highway continues in the
same general direction for approx. 20 miles to a point north of GORODEYA, where the rail
line and highway again are only approx. 1 mile apart.
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This relationship continues for the next 10 miles to STOLPTSY. The new highway bridge ir
STOLPTSY over the NEMAN River is approx. 5001 long and wide. The SW approach is over
a long earth fill. 25X1D
From STOLPTSY to.DZERZHINSK the new highway runs parallel to the rail line, approx.
mile to the north. The highway passes through the south side of DZERZHINSK and continues
NE to cross the USSA River at a point l miles north of the railroad bridge. The highway
25X1D bridge is 1351 long and wide. The highway continues NE approx. one mile NW of the rail
line to a point approx. miles SW of the center of MINSK, where it turns east, crosses the
BREST-MINSK rail line on a new approx. 651 span overpass, and continues for 2 miles where it
connects with the previously existing main road that runs south from MINSK. Here a clover-
leaf intersection is under construction, with the only usable lane turning north to MINSK.
The new highway is under construction beyond this point. It will by-pass MINSK on the south
side, and doubtless connect with the existing 3 lane MINSILMOSCOW Road.
CONSTRUCTION DETAILS:
1. Width: TWO lane highway, approx. l5' wide, plus 51 wide shoulders on both sides.
2. Surfacing Material: Asphalt.
3. Bridges and Overpasses: All are deck type and are probably concrete construction.
4. Culverts and Drainage: Culverts generally are not discernable. The road bed
is built up in low areas and drainage appears adequate.
5. Curvature: All curve aregentle, including approaches to overpasses.
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