BUDAPEST-PECS HIGHWAY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80S01540R004400100003-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 18, 2012
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: January 15, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENT,,AL INTELL_LGENCE AGEIS-C~
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eNF~RMATIJI~ REPaR
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
Sng of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its tr8nsmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
SECRET'./CONTROL ~ U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
COUNTRY Hungary
SUBJECT
Budapest-Pe.cs Highway
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 15 January 195.
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REFERENCES
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`~` ~` ; ?'~` . The Btidape~t-Pecs higti~ay~ s~ almost completed. It is 230 kilometers
with a concrete pavement,
long/ and starts from ~talinvaros or Dunapentele
and reaches Pecs via Szek szard. The Ero~si-Szekard section( with
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the e.~ception of the section for Pales which was built, later) was started
in 1949 and completed i.n 1952. In several places the highway crosses
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the railroad by means of bridges and viaducts. At Nl~icseknadas the
highway turns toward the N~ecaek mountai#.~s and continues in a twisted
fashion until it reaches a grade of 5 percept, while the old road in places
reached a grade of 18 percent. Just before reaching the city of Pecs, the
highway will cross two large bridges, still under constructions straddling
the valleys across from the city. The first viaduct is 180 meters and
is 32 meters above the floor of the Vass galley; the arches are made of
reinforced concrete and are 96 meters wide, while the second viaduct is
140 meters long. The stretch of highway between the two via ducts is almost
completed.
the construction firm has completed 75 percent of the excavating work
and 95 percent of the reinfa~sned=:ccncrete work by means of very modern
machinery (steam shovels, mixers, etc); the steam shovels and the graders
were pulled by the large Staline~ tra+~tors. It is believed that the last
stretch of the road will be cor~pleted next year; it will have a concrete
pavement.
This is a. very important highway as it connects the northern part of
the country with the south; it provides a dire ct connectiont~tween the
~ coal mines of Pecs with the,g"industry of .~ar~v~~-and the
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important machinery plants of Pudapestm
~iththe exception of the stretch for Pales (10 kilometers),the highw~q
will have a concrete and asphalt pavement, and will serve as a n
high-sped highwayo
jhe highway is 9 meters wide, the concrete strip is 20 centimeters
thick (the upper part), while the Pales highway has a cover 3 centimeters
thick@
It is needless to add that the highway has great strategic importance
in t2iat it will make it possible to transport troops quickly from the
center of the country to the southern panto
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'"~ 'y~~?meters must be constructed in such a way as to~have a minimum capacity
of ,l~ tons.- All the old bridges are being reinforced :to reach this m3.~imum
e~p~city.~
~'he most important among the new public works is the construction of t}e
new strategic highway Budapest-Dunapentele- Szekszard-Pecs. Th~road with
all,^i~ bridges will also have a minimum capacity of 40 tons. ,
This new superhighway crosses the Budapest-filusztaszaboles railroad.; by
means of a new overpass. The main supports of this overpass are 17 meters
highs and the overpasSitself ga.s a capacity of 50 tons. It was opened to
traffi+r recently, thus accelerating communications between Budapest and Pecs.
he last stretch of this highway is still under. c~ st$ic ticn, e The 50-kilo-
meter stretch between Szekszard and Peca presented the greatest difficulties
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because of the many valleys thatnparallel~one anothero Two viaducts, ors
bridge and more than 100 small bridges have been constructed alc~tg th~.a stretch.
the viaducts are about 200ineters long. The highway has been constructed oQ'
the best m~.terials. 1i4 Mixed Hungarian and Soviet missions ~mn carried out
the tests on the bridges.
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