CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BREST-MOSCOW HIGHWAY U.S.S.R.

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CONFIDENTIAL
C CTERISTICS OF THE BREST-MOSCCIR HIGHWAY
U. S.. S. R. (u)
This paper was prepared by analysts in the Area Analysis
Section of Teohni0al Brseh,. P*'oduotion Division, Of floe of the
Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence.
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CONFIDE TIAL
FOREWORD
The strategically important highway from
Brest..yitovsk on the Polish-U,S.S.R. border to
Moscow has undergone significant change and
improvement since the publication, in April 1951,.
of the current Seotion 32, Chapter III1NIS 26.
This, intelljgenoe study, derived from
exhaustive area analysis and representing the
latest and most accurate ix 'ormatian available
to :the Off ioa of the Assistant Chief of Staff,
Intelligence& reflects those significant
changes and provides additional data concerning
the Breet.wUos o ow highway..
It .is intended to supplement pertinent
portilons of Section 32, NIS..26, pending publica-
tion. of the maintenafos. edition of that section
of the National Intelligence Survey.
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BREST-MOSCON HIGHWAY - U. S. S. R.
TABLE O F CONTENT S
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I.
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
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ROUTE SECTIONS
1.
Brest-Kobrin . . .
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Kobrin-Baranoviohi ?
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Baranoviohi-Minsk Bypass-Borisov . ?
Boris ov-Vyaz tma ? . ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? . ? ? ?
Vyaz'ma-Mosoow ? ? . ? ? . ? ? ? ? ? ?
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III. INDEXED BRIDGE LIST . ? . . . . . . . .
IV. RECOM AENDATI ONS
OVERLAY REFERENCE TABLE . . . ... . . . . . . . 15
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L I S T O F I L L U S T R A T I ONS
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Fig. 1
- Map, Brest-Mosoow highway . . . . . . . . . ? e . . ?
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Fig. 2
Brest-Mosoa highway southwest of the Shohara River .
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Fig, 3
- Brest-Moeoow highway northeast of the Shohara River .
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Fig. 4 - Newly constructed highway northeast of Dzerhinsk . .
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Fig. 5 - New1y constructed highway near the interchange with
the Minsk-Slutak highway . . 91 o C . . . . . . .
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Fig. 6 - Roadside guide map along the newly constructed
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highway near Baranoviohi ? . ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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CON DENTIAL
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BREST-MOSCCWf HIGHWAY, U. S. S. R. (U)
I. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
The Brest-Moscow highway is a major trunk road connecting Moscow with
with Poland, via Brest-Litovsk on the Polish-U.S.S.R. border. Affording
the best route of approach to Moscow from the west north of the extensive
and formidable Pripet Marshes this highway is of particular strategic
significance and is the most important road from Moscow to western
Europe.
Completion of the section of this highway between Minsk and Bara-
novichi provides a more direct route from Minsk to Kobrin than the
former more devious route through Slutsk, reducing the highway distance
from Moscow to Brest to approximately 635 miles (1020 Ian).
The Brest-Moscow highway has a high type, bituminous surfaced
roadway with an over-all width of 35 to,45 feet and a surfaced Q dth of
25 to 30 feet. Grades are generally gentle and curvature
occur-
ring the route. The only significant physical
ring along the entire route is attributable to the restrictive. feat res
of some city streets in Minsk. This obstacle will be elimnacdhoe
ever, with the completion of a bypass presently being constructed ng
the-southern outskirts of the city. This bypass has characteristics
and its completion will
comparable to all other sections of the highway,
enable through traffic to bypass Minsk entirely. All other towns of
appreciable size are bypassed except Borisov, where streets which
arr
the route have been widened and straightened to eliminate restrictions
td' through traffic.
The Brest-Moscow highway has. a total of 87 .bridges exceeding 20 feet
in length. Fifty of these are designated as major bridges having a
length greater than 100 feet. The remaining 37 may be considered as less
significant and have a length of less than 100 feete The aggregate
length of all 67 bridges totals 13,371 feet. The major bridges average
221 feet in length, and th3 group of minor bridges averages 62 feet in
length. The average length of all 87 structures is 153 feet. Structures
less than 20 feet long which occur along the Brest-Moscow highway are
mainly culverts and are omitted from this study.
Almost all of the 87 bridges are deck-type structures of reinforced
concrete construction. Vertical clearances on all bridges are unrestrict-
ed except for one through truss bridge at Borisov., (No. 20 on the
Indexed Bridge List.)
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