FORD UNDER CONSTRUCTION ROUTE 9 TCHEPONE AREA LAOS 16-42N 106-13E

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 5, 2007
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: February 10, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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FORD UNDER CONSTRUCTION, ROUTE 9
TCHEPONE AREA, LAOS
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10 FEBRUARY 1965
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FORD UNDER CONSTRUCTION, ROUTE 9
TCHEPONE AREA, LAOS
164+2N 1o613E
(SEE NPIC BRIEFING BOARD J-7+06 FOR COMPARISON)
FIRST REVEALED DAMAGE TO
VH22 EASTERtiYIOST SPAN OF THE FOUR-SPAN, HALF-THROUGH, STEEL-TRUSS ROUTE
9 HIGHWAY BRIDGE OVER THE SE BANG HIENG (RIVER) 1.4 NM NORTHWEST OF
TCHEPONE, RENEERING IT IMPASSABLE TO VEHICLES.
REPORTED THE SPAN TO BE
PARTIALLY COLLAPSED. FLOODING ACTION WAS APPARENT ON BOTH BANKS OF
THE RIVER, AND TIERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ATTENPTS TO FORD THE RIVER.
REVEALED A NEW ROAD BY-
PASS APPROXIMATELY 0.2 NM EAST OF Tim' BRIDGE, WHICH CONNECTED ROUTE 9
WITH THE PARTIALLY-COLLAPSED SPAN I. TIE BRIDGE APPER~ TO BE SERVICE-
ABLE FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
4. I_J`rEAL A
NEWLY-IDENTIFIED S' :'_I = NECTING THE COLLAPSED SPAT 4 ITH ROUTE 9.
NO BOMB DAMAGE W.., ~RVED .
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SR, ;N ADJACENT TO VIOUS~~ DAMAGED SPAN TO :v SOLI ~P SED INTO THE
SE BANG HIENG (RIVE ' . ~ ~T OF BOMB DAMAGE, RENDERING THE BRIDGE
UN: V;:CE I,E . S ALSO DESTROYED. SIX BOMB CRATERS WERE
OBSERV:~~D I.l' IRE AREA.
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6. THIS N"ISSION, REVEALS A NEW
FOND BEING CONSTRUCTED 0.1 NM NORTH OF THE DESTROYED BRIDGE, THE FORD,
PROBABLY CONSTRUCTED OF PLANKS OR LOGS, APPEARS 30 PERCENT COMPLETED.
APPROACH ROADS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER CONNECT THE FORD WITH ROUTE
9. NO APPARENT CHANGE IS OBSERVED AT THE PREVIOUSLY DESTROYED BARRACKS
AREA LOCATED 0.2 MIA, NEST OF THE BRIDGE.
7. AREA HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY COVERED BY NUMEROUS LUCKY
MISSIONS.
DRAGON, TROJAN HORSE
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