ROADS IN EASTERN BULGARIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R013700300006-5
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 26, 2011
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 8, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASS I ~ i I":ATE 0~1 SEIAF~`d'~OO~ROII ~ IIo S, OFFYGIALS OHI,X
SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORN~AiTION REPORT REPORT
CD N0.
COUNTRY Bu~.gax?ia
SUBJECT B.oada in .~.at~:ru Bulgaria
DATE OF
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OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 1B, SECTIONS 7g3
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1, A ma.soxary arch bridge: (x~r deta~?ls yet available kept that 3Lt will rest on two
piers some 25 feet above ~t~,e watery is being built over the xads Ri.vex? gat
~bol to r?place the timber trestle bridge of 8~-ton capacityo ~e near bridge
i~ to be appro~.mateiry 300 yasd.s north of the old bridge.
Gorao 1].?lcsandrovo Croa~road~~olaro ad ].00 moles
2. Haan the interse~etion oi? the Gornm- aleksandro~ro road and the Sofa Burgas ~aighway
at location ^.3$ F2b3~ north as far aa3 ~ortag, -k~e road cror9aea the ma~.a ~
Mountaar~ rare, which 1n this area is hilly but not really anounta3.rao~ (they highest
point >_s appro~mate~r 2l20L~ feet ab~e sea 1eve7, omm t>~a,? hotel Fans between dote].
~N~.250 E263~] and ~ha ~Chi,tak, 11~,!D3S Ez6~~~. Immediate] nortAh of ~vra>oaov
(I~kren, N/a2/.,~ F~639),. they, a is a gr ~I...d~~ of approad.'~at?ly 1 in 1~ over two miles
and north of Kotel the road has a grade off' approt?~ ]. i.~, 15 before dra~Fpiaag
abruptly at 1 in 10 into ~a~ia, g'he whole of this section ?f the route necesai.$ates
very slog dri~3.ng because of very sharp cis earl oaacs~miaag traffic. Regu~.ar 2~tay
traffic i.s not a practice]. posaibi7.i.t~' and no align of major repairs is apparexxlt.
3. Between Omortag (1~3Q'7 E2b:?0) and d~o].arovg~rs,d (Sh'~en, BL,323 X653) ~ the road
'passe?s thropgh the undu~.atixag xaorthern foathills of the Baran wee Fast driv.~.mmg
is not possible, but 2~tay traffic could be bar?e~ maintained as faar? as Fresla~r
(14303 X2653) axed the r~amdainder of the distance with ease.
ire the whol? route between Oarno ~leksandro~o Gro~sroads at~d Solarovgrad is to be
avoided i~' poa~ible because of tine pow oa~a~d.it3.on of the road asan:?faee, especially
from Mol~ren to Mengiashevo (geopek, 1302 F~b39)by way of Omortag. ~e~~aea^ route
o~ the ~'urbitsal. Fass t o ~engiaheyo and emm is more direct and >er~n~as to be
more generally used
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5. The sur~?ace of t~,e rid between, Corno Alekgaradrovo and Kolarovgrad is of crushed
st~ane w~.th a topp:~ng .a~' d~xt and sand, Th? road ~.s in a genera7.],y poor condition,
dete~?~.orati.~g9 w~.`~~,. pctholss appea~.~?:~.ng between the Crossroads and ~nortag, From
Omer. tsg ?t?y Mexy~:zsh.evc ~ +.,he ra:. is in slight~.y better condition but stir. Maas
pothol.eso rr~, M~a~lshevo to ]~res].av, the road is 3.n medi`~ condition and. resson-
ably ?~?ee ~s~? hs~les9 tw~x~ final se~tio~a c? tkae rosd into Kolarovgrad. ~.s goad,
~. ~5raau ?tho Orc.+ssrcl~ t~~ f~arart.~g, t,~,e r~r~ ;~vexages ],5 feet ~.n width with 3 fo~at
sl,.ou:lc~e.rsa e~c:ept +:he 10 anil~es betwe~:n Kotel and Tucha which, are oral~r ].2 feet with
1-,2 ~o~-~~. shc.e~, ~`rom O~tox*,~ to Pres7.av, the road is ]?5 ?aet wide with 2 ~?oc~t
shc~~aZdc~rs, a~ ?r~ Freslav to Kc]~?ovgrad tha road is 20 feet w3.de faith :3mfoot
sho~~.d~~:a?s a
7e There are :~? bradg~ss of aa~ i;mport.4ance between the Gorx~o A?leksandrovo Crossroads
acad. Ko1~r.cavgrado The~^e ~,s a mas~nn?~r areka bra.dge l80 .feet long and 2~ feet trida
(2C' ~orat roadway), ~O fee; above the water over the t Kamchiya Raver at Txicha.
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g, The wh~ale~ of tEae r~;~ad iau`P~re~~ra Rixs? (N4350 E2557) atbd Ba (N1~2"~ ~5l~) ~.s being
ranc~vatedo LRa parts, e; cozuple?~9e]~ neW road a.s being ].a~,d along the old; in other
places, t