ROADS AND RAILROADS IN THE NOVA ZAGORA AREA

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• Document Release Date: February 1, 2010
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: August 4, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SECRET
SECURITY INFORMATION
Bulgaria
SUBJECT Roads and Railroads
in the Neer?a Zagora Area
PLACE ACQUIRED
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.B. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 4 August 1953
NO. OF PAGES 2
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
Railroad ; and Rai"lZoad r_,d&a s
1. The Nova, Zagora (N L2-29o E 26-01) m Maritsa (N 42-03,, E 25-50e formerly Simeon-
ovgr?ad) rai.1x ad IL-"s foil a the course of the Sazli.yka Stream, but does not
wash ovat `heoausa it is well b ,ve the strews bad. It has a "large amaLmt" of
freight traffic beaa .se of the gypaTxa q' arr?ies located near Radnevo (N 142-17,
E 25-500' There as ;lo tun eis on this line. The only large bridges about 100
metere long with a stone base and wooden superstructure, is located in Maritsa
and crosses the M its . River. Trains pass very slowly over the bridge because
it is unistable.
2. There is iron bridge about l00-l20 meters long over the Maritsa River between
Plovdiv and the ss v.br?bs of Plovdiv on the Stara Zagora (N 142-259 E 25-38) - Plov-
div rail-road i : e.
3. There is an iron bridge appr imately 30 meters long over the Vucha Strew on
the Plovdiv,-Paza.Srdzhik (N 42'm , E 2419) railroad line west of Kr?irohi a station
(N 42--07p E 244ro32) which is on the main Plovdiv-Pazar? hik line just east of the
junction of the Peshtera (N 142-02, E 2418) line.
Roads in the Nova Zagora Are
The fall. ,tg are the main roads o?t of Nova Zagora.-
a. Nova Zagora Elena (N 42-%56, E 2-e,-52), 70-80 kilcaeters9
be. Nova Zagc?ra G., Stara Zagora.. 33 1. i meter.?s9
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C. Nova Zagora - Sliven (N 1422-10, E 26-19)s 35 kilometers;
d. Nova Zagora - Topolovgrad (N 42-05, E 26-20) s 65 kilometers; and
e. Nova Zagora - Maritsa, 108 kilometers.
5: Each of these roads is five meters wide and has a stone base covered by 30-140
centimeters of sand and gravel. There are drainage ditches on both sides of the
road.,
6. These roads are in good condition except for a 3-kilometer stretch between Pet
Mogili (N 42-18, E 26-03) and Novoselets (N 142-18, E 26-08).1 This stretch, how-
ever, is open to auto traffic.
7. Except for the Nova Zagora - Elena highway, which passes through the Elenska
Planina section of the Stara Planina mountain chain, 'these roads are open to year-
round traffic.
8. There is a steel bridge apprimately 50-60 meters long located over the Tundzha
River at Barnya (N 142-36, E 25-59) on the Nova Zagora - Tvurditsa (N 42-l.2, E 25-54)
Elena road.
There is one brae daily, leaving Nova Zagora in the afternoon and returning the
.folloving forenoon to each of the foll.owi nga Tvvrditsa, Sliver, Novoselets,
Gradets (N 42-11, E 26.,06), Prokhorovo (N 42-21, E 26-15),p and Omsrchevo (N 42-27,
E 26-0g).
Russ ~Il r ?i.s ti a Mo ?ila EigIaw Gonstructic n
10. The Russ - Der ella Mog 1 (N 41-56, E 26-21) highway., connecting the Danube
River with the Turkish borders, is to be a direct artery with no connections with
other roads going in the same direction.
U. Wham the Tr,u&ov ;;