THE VRATSA-LOM-SOFIA ROAD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R013700300005-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 26, 2011
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: September 8, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASS I F' I CAT I ON SECRET/CONTROIA ~ UoS o DFFICT~LS DNLI
SECURITY INFORMATION '
wNFORMATION RERORT REPORT
CD N0.
COUNTRY Bnlg;
SUBJECT ~-? ~Tratsem~aa~5~~'~. goad
DATE OF
INFO,
PLACE
ACQUIREQ
THIS DDCURENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN TXE MEANING OF TITLE 1B, SECTIONS 793
AND 794, OF THE U.S. LODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REYE~
DATE DISTR. ~ Septe~b~,? 195
N0: OF PAGES ~
NO.OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT N0.
THIS 1S UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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1, The s?oad bettireexa ~Tr~atss.. (N/.~318 ~~36) a,~nd ~i.lchla~gr~d (Ferdixaaxrldg Nb331 ~3~)
? p?.:~ses ?~hro~h ro].1:x,ng ~?~ts?~r b~.t Baas a~? eppr?cis:~e grades, ~? r~+d ssx>t?~a~e
is ortashed stone uri?~h a d.~.rt t?p a~ is im. gexaeraA xaot ~er~r ~e5.~. b?~do
~0 9xie road is a,mm ~edi~ c?s~d~.tion; the 1,3 ~i~,es b?t~e~, G7.s.~,'Q~s:~. (N~,3~.~ F~3~)
lc~vgx?a>~. hal3 so>~ po~aolee ~ ~.s deteri?rat~tsg ~ ~. poo?~ co~di?I~i~p ~e
~i~?st f~x^ e~ o~? ani~.es o~.t of ~ a~?e ~.~. good ~exad~.t~.~a~e
3 0 ~et~reen ~ratsa e1ad. Ola~vatsi 9 'the road is l6 feet ~9.de nth 2?~?~t I~.o~alders, be.~
trAreen ~vatsi. arid. 1~L~hs~lo~grad, it a~rroaas $? ]~. ~?et 2 f?ot sho~alderse
~.o Sc~,e ma3,n~enaxice is ~ progress between ~ratsa arr(i Gla`~atsis 't'his stret~x Dees
barel~r take 2 ~-a~r t~raf~io o Regular 2~Aray tr~~i~ is a`Lrapmissible between' Gla~a~~
aid )a3rlo~gred o
5.0 badges are lolMated as ~'oll.owl~ s
ao Over the Both ~ti~er at Gla~.ts~.~ a brio arch b~.dge restling oaa tiro ffiso~'
piers; l5D ~?eet loug~ 2D .feet pride (l6?~f'oot r~d~) ~ 20 ~?et above the wt~ter~
probab~ capable ~? ~a~'a.xag heetra.est 1?~s, a~i
b, Over the (pasta Ri.~e~? at ~Lkha~laD~ad~ a concrete beams `bridge r?stirng ore a~i.~?
~a~?xLry piers a? :~00 Beet ~.?ng, 21~. a'eet pride (a.~.cl~di:r~ 3 gaot pave~ant aa. eavther
a3+d.e), 15 Feet aba~'e tae water; ~lerx>: coast+r?I~i?rr capable a~ ~,x~ing e.7.~.
lids,
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6, ate road between A~1sYaa,~rl,~s~grad. and I passes t,~?~agl~ gea~tly rea7.ling covnt:r3r and
has no apprec~,a,ble grades except one of app~?o~ri~atel~ 1 in 15 o~rer a distance ~
one mile at a ;la~a.tion tiara a~.1es saauthwest of Y~o tae road surface is c~ru~hed
stones earthb~uxad with dzrt trap, ~ generals tae road is in poor c~a~l.ition ~i~^a
n~ner?us Zaot~-ioles az~d an uneven suxf ace a N? reua~rs are mnd?rr
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7e The w~.dth is ].5~0 feat thr~nugh~aut9 ~~ L,~f'oot sho~.ders, Tie road is eapab7.e ~
tal~.ng regular 2~a~ trat?fi~,
~, Bridges are located as f oll?ws o
a, Omer the Tsibr3.tsa R3~er at a location 19500 ysrds s~u~. of Doln~ Tset?ov?ne
(Nt~3~ E23~1+)9 etas]. lattice girder (lthrcaugh typed restixig on two masonx~r
piers; 150 feet 1.ong9 20 feet wide9 15 ~?et abm~e the water, capacaity 1.5
tons; awl.
b, Oyer the I~am Ra.~rex can the s?ut~awest outs?ts of ~9 steel l.attioe g~.rd~?
(throngh type) resting an fo~n^ mas~aa~ piers, 300 feet ~.ox3g9 2S f?eet wid~s
(20~oot r~aadwsy with :3~fsaa~t pa~e~ents)~ 20 ~?et ab?awe tie wat?x, pr?bab7,~
~.pable of carrying hea~,est l~.s,
Sofia?I~
9o Part of th? main S~afia~I~ road by why of the Petr?~lchaaa bass. (0~ E~30T~. ${
been all?~red to .fall into an extremely bad state ~ repair o ~.`he ~?~1 ~t -~
tx?a~elled at laaw speeds e
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0 0 .? aligent ~ tie ~'ratsa-~v~.o~'gx?ad ~? ran tie ~1~ 106
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