1. MAIN ROAD FROM PRIBRAM TO SEDLCANY 2. ROAD BRIDGE OVER THE VLTAVA RIVER

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• Publication Date: October 31, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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INF-ORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains Information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.Q.O. Secs. 793 and 704, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorised person is prohibited by law,
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Czechoslovakia
to Main Road from Fribram to
Sedloany
2. Road Bridge over the Vltava River
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31 October 1955
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Description of the Main Road from Pribram to Sedlcany and Road Bridge_
over the VLTAVA (approximately 3 km north of KAMYK).
1, Histo : Construction of the FRIBRAM-SEDICANY main road was started
in 293t5-39. Under the German occupation, the construction was
continued by the TODT labor organization, and was largely finished in
1945, when it was used by the German Army, mainly by mechanized units,
for retreat from the East. At the same time a new bridge was built
over the VLTAVA to take the load of the heaviest German tanks.
After the war, small. repairs were carried out on the road - the surface
was raised, the bridge over the stream was strengthened and the sides
of the road were reposed etc. The last repairs were carried out in
1950, when the SIAPY dam was being built.
For this construction, the 5 km sector of the old main road from
PRIBRAM, leading eastwards to the main PRAGUE-PISEK--STR'AAKONICE road
and the old district road leading from this crossroads to SEDICANY via
a crossing over the VLTAVA at the village of KOVARN& were used.
2, location and route: The main road from PRIBRAM to SEDICANY leads
eastwards from PRIBRAM and its total length is about 30 km; (see
attached sketches 1 and 2 for location).
The road runs throygh the village of DUBNO, VISNOVA, LICIOVY And
DUBLOVICE to SEDICANY. None of these villages is of importance from
the industrial or military point of view.
About 5 Ion east of the town of PRIBRAM, the road crosses the important
main PRAGUE-PISEK road to Southern Bohemia (see #5, on sketch).
About 19 km east of PRIBRAM, the road is taken across the VITAVA by
means of a ferroconcrete bridge - see sketch of bridge and description
at para 9.
There is a telegraph line along one side of the road, and both sides
are lined with poplar and fruit trees.
There are no milestones or signposts on the road. Only the names of
the villages are marked on notices.
3. Construction and technical data: The road is about 9-9 ms wide,
two- e, with no in ication of the middle, except for a bend in the
village of'DUBNO, where the middle of the road is marked with white
paving stones.
On level stretches, the surface of the road is asphalt, and on grades
of granite blocks.
The highest artificial raising of the ground for the road is about
5 ms, and the deepest extent to which it has been levelled is about
32 4 ms, at the village of NOVA HOSPODA.
The road has no sharp bends. The sharpest is in the village of DUBNO,
about 120 degrees,
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When driving an ordinary car, a SKODA TUDOR for instance, the average speed
on the road is 70 km per hour, and apart from the hill at NOVA HOSPODA,
there is no need to travel at the lowest speed along this road. Traffic on
an ordinary working day is about 3-4 motor vehicles per minute.
4. Maintenance and repairs: The road is in very good condition, well maintained
an nd o adverse effects of weather, especially frost, can be observed.
Road maintenance is carried out by the DOBRIS Branch of the Prazska Sprava
SStatnich Silnic (Prague Management of State Roads). There is a large gravel
dump at the village of DOBRIS, from which material is brought for roads in
the neighbourhood.
The last repairs, were competed in 1950, when the road was raised about 2 ms
in the sector from the bridge over the VLTAVA to the village of LICHOVY.
At this time, the road embankment and the bridge over the stream in this
sector were strengthened. These modifications were carried out because the
water level of the VLTAVA was expected to rise after the building of the dam
at SIAPY.
5. Surr&unding terrains On both sides of the road there are drainage trenches
about it m eep.The road runs mainly through flat country. The road has
a large number of parking places for vehicles on unused sectors of the former
side road - see sketches for positions,
6. History of the bridge over the VLTAVA: The bridge was built in 1938-40 and
no repairs or alterations-have been carried out on it since then.
During the last war, the bridge was used a great deal by German mechanized
units, The area between SEDICANY and VOTICE was used as a training ground
for German mechanized units. In 1945 the bridge was used for the retreat
of the German mechanized units to the West.
Location:
I, The bridge is carried across the valley formed by the VLTAVA, 3j km NNE of
KAMYK, for exact location, see sketch 1 and 2, #3. Co-ordinates for the
bridge: 1030 according to CSR map 1:25,x; DLOUHA LHOTA EAST, Sheet 4152/2E.
8. Use of the bridge: The bridge is used for two..way traffic of both wheel
and track vehicles of all tonnages, along the FRIBRAM-5EDICANY road, and for
pedestrians.
9. Description of the bridge: The bridge is ferro-concrete, about 210-220 ms
bong, from the first supporting pillar to the last pillar on the bank,
and about 10 ms wide, the carriageway on the bridge about 6-7 ms wide, with
a footpath for pedestrians about l2 m wide on each side. It is estimated
to be 60-80 ms high from the bottom of the river. The bridge is straight,
with no arches between the pillars, and has ii.ferro-concrete pillars about
10 x 3 ms in the middle and 2 main supports on the banks of the VLTAVA,
Two of the middle pillars are actually in the water and 2 are on the banks.
These middle pillars are about 50-60 ms from one another. The distance
between the main supports on the banks and the inner supports is about 6-8 in,
and at these points there are side roads along the river on both sides.
The carrying capacity of the bridge is not known, but it was built for the
heaviest traffic. It is in excellent condition.
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10, River and surrounding terrain: The width of the VLTAVA below the bridge
is a out 1 ms and in July it is about 180 cms deep, not counting the
present increased flow of water for the dam at SIAPY. The average height
of the ground above sea level at this point is about 370 ms, and there are
no high points for an area of 3 Ian round the bridge; 10 inn from the bridge
the ground rises about 100 ms.
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