RAILROAD CABLE BRIDGE AND BY-PASS CONSTRUCTION XOM KHE, NORTH VIETNAM

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 15, 2006
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: August 2, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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ATTACHMENT TO L-1383
2 AUGUST 1966
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RAILROAD CABLE BRIDGE AND BY-PASS CONSTRUCTION
XOM KHE~ NORTH VIETNAM
1758N 10555E
(SEE NPIC BRIEFING BOARD L-1278 FOR COMPARISON
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD REVEALS A RAILROAD CABLE BRIDGE AND A RAIL-
ROAD BY-PASS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
2. LOCATION:
THE RAILROAD CABLE BRIDGE IS LOCATED AT THE SITE OF THE DESTROYED
XOM KHE RAILROAD BRIDGE OVER KHE NET JUST SOUTHWEST
OF XOM KHE AND 2.4 NM NORTHWEST OF K]M LU XA ON THE VINH~DONG HOI RAIL
LINE,
3? REMARKS:
RECONNAISSANCE PHOTOGRAPHY OF ~ REVEALED THE FIRST KNOWN
VEHICULAR CABLE BRIDGES IN NORTH VIETNAM AND LA05, THE TECHNIQUE
EMPLOYED CONSISTED OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CABLES AND REMOVABLE
SECTIONS OF BRIDGE DECKING IN ORDER TO MAKE AN APPARENTLY UNSERVICEABLE
BRIDGE SERVICEABLE,
4. MISSION READOUT:
PHOTOGRAPHY OF
these notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular hriefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re~
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning Mese notes contact Chief, Collateral SupDarl
Division, NPIC.
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ATTACHMENT TO L-1383
2 AUGUST 1966
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GROUND AND ON THE TRUSS OF THE DESTROYED XOM KHE RAILROAD BRIDGE,
CLEARING OPERATIONS FOR THE BRIDGE APPROACHES HAVE STARTED AND
CABLE ANCHORAGES ARE UT?IDER CONSTRUCTION,
DEPICTS SEVT~? WOODEN A-FRAME CABLE SUPPORTS (FOUR OF
WHICH ARE CONSTRUCTED ON THE TRUSS OF THE DESTROYED BRIDGE), T?10
CABLES SPANNING THE RIVERS ADiD A CABLE P?VCHORP.GE ORT EACH BANK, A
SMALL RAIL SECTION IS OBSERVED ON ^1HE NGRTHWEST BANK OF THE iSHE NET,
OBSERVED UNDER COSISTRUC'TION ON ~AS CONSIDERABLY LONGER, (NOT
SHOWN ON GRAPHIC) u
THE CABLES THAT SPAN THE RIVER, CONSTRUCTION OF THE APPROACHES HAS
CONTIPNED; HGFTEVER~ THERE IS NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THE MAIN RAIL LINE
APSD THE APPROACHES, THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED RAILROAD BY-PASS F.AS BEEN
EXTEiVDED AND CONSTRUCTION IS NOW OBSERVED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE KHE
NET, NO FiY-PASS BRIDGE IS OBSERVED,
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should ba :eshi^!ed to the padicular briefing board(s) they were prepared far and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of Psua. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
flivisian, NPIC. -
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RAILROAD CABLE BRIDGE AND BY-PASS CONSTRUCTION
XOM KHE, NORTH VIETNAM
17-58N 105-55E
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