ROADS AND RAILROADS IN BULGARIA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R013700300003-8
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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: 3
• Publication Date: October 13, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
CD NO..
pAl"E DISTR. 13 oGt. a9~2
COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT Roads and Rai1x?oads in Bulger is
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE
AC4UIRED
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORNATION~AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN 7HE MEANING OF TITLE 1B, SECTIONS 793
ANO 794, OF TXE U-5. CODE. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
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ilx?Oads
1. The I~rlovoaPirdop~Sofia x^ail line is scheduled for completion by the end of
lyy`?. The line is single?traclz, standard gauge9 axad rails have been 1.a~,id and
ballasted a~.ong the ~shole ~?oute except at Klisura. ~+Tork is held up peed'
completion of t~,e tut~.el outside K].isuraan 50X1-HUM
l'x?rxclova~ss are still ~Inorking on the I~otsevoAKlisura stretch of the Sub-Be.l=
ken rail ~.ixbe ~rhich is to be officially opened on q September 1952, T'be line
is singleatrack9 standard gauge.
30 $'he aaaJvrity pf Bulgax?ian roads are ixa the sa~ae ooaad~.tion as they ~rere before
the Coa>~unists attaiat?.ed por~er o~ .9 September 191-, althoi of the roads
are not as well >~aintainedo
~+. the ~ShaskvvobDiaaitrovgrad=PlovdivmPa~ardz~nik6S~afia road9 290, kilalmeters long
and sia meters pride, is 7~re~, maintained9 ho~.es have been filled continually,
A]though of old constructions the road has a capac~,ty of 30=~-0 tons, Txti the
last thx?ee years all bridges along -the ;rtaad Faave beeaa. rebu~.~.t ~.n reinforced
~oncretle and a number ]}xave been ~r%dexaed9 anost of the dangerous curves have
been flattened and there are fe~lr shax?p c:a~c?ves any~aere aloxag tl~e ~ except
oai the $el~ ovoAKostenets~Vakax?el section. The Khaskovo~BelT ovo stx?etcla. has
shoulders of one meter or more axed the road is suitable for ~~idening. There
a1!?e no shoulders between Bel' avo and Sofia. Road surfaces are as folloPyrs ;
SECR~'i?~COR'TROI, ~ jJ, S e OF'FYICTA~IS 01V~,x
sECURITY INFORMATION
~~FORM~1~'N~N ~~~OR`~ REPORT
Ida?kovo~Dimitrovgrac~ 20 miles short off' P7~ovdivt Gravelled road r~th
good surrface9
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R~'~CONTROI, . ~ U. S.. OP~'I~~ O~Y
b e Twenty kilometers east of Plovdiv to Plovdiv. Paved. scith granite blpc~a ,q
c. Plovdiv-Pazardah~.ka Macadam; acid
d. Pa~ardzhik-Sofia: Mostly granite b~.ocl~s~ sms.11 sect~,an, ~.cadam.
~. The Plovdiv-Karlovo-Pirdop-Sofia z?oad, ~2Q ~ileters lcang and. six r~e-r;ers
wide,. ha.s a grave]1ed surface.. The road an,ci bridges,, of paid caaustr?ra,ct3?n,
are poorly maintained; the majority of the b~ta:dges are wooden. There are
~.Y sharp curves on the Kaxlovc>-~mfia ~ecti?n~ the Plovdiv-K~alovm sect3~~
is suitable for widenixig. The. gar~,ovo?5of3.s. section j which :rtxn~s thros~h
mountainous c?u~ntry~ hs,s no shoulders.
6. The KEzas~ovo-Limitsav~rad-8tsra Zagora-p?va ~agorswEc~.r~as r~ad.a X30 J?ilo-
meters long axed s is meterrs wide, has .a gravelled surfacq . The rcaa,d is ?f old
car~truct??ion and regu~iryr,,es.,7~,c,4ao.s~tvant patchit3g; the weight capacity is s.ppxo7x,~i~
mate7,y ~V t x~. . The K~iaBkoYQ-Slivax~ Section 1,8 Suitable fur wining. The
Stara Planix~. axes has a 6q-~.1o~eter stretch with nu~raus sharp curves ..
The ~o~ia-M3k~ylovgrad (Fe-~'~~*~)--Yid~.n.,Lo~ Oryakhova-Plevext rcaad, ~~
;~31~eters lcu~ and six meters wide, is of a~ld e~xastruct~.on aacud. requires
ct~.tantYOtits hgJ~cm-filling. Bridge$ are ].n a p~aor state of repait~ and. h~.ve
a we3.ght capac~,ty of o~y apprc~i~tely l~ tcAns, There. are rauxa~erous sharp
curves along this routed there are no shou7.d.~rs alcax-g the Sofi~,a.~I+~ikha~rlcr~r-
g~ad section, but the rest cif - r~aad is su~.table for wid+eIIi.aag, ~ .?raad
ham; a gx'avel~.ed. surface.
$, 'I$ie P~.ovdiv-Asenavgrad_8~~y~a?I~+via-Peshter~.?Be.tz~,$,~I,u~he~,~-Pa~.ard~.~,-
~urishte-Karlcav?-Plovd~.v rvad.,~ ~ ki~.pmetexr ~:o~ amd. fix ~o~etexrs wide,
ins an ald gravelled road which hss received ~.ittl+~ par ,nv .~I:intenaxace. rec~t-
a.y. Msast bridges are of wc~pden. cgnstruction aa~i. are i~a ~ cp~rat3,itican. The
Il;Arl~YO-Plovdiv section has e'rate cpx-Crete bx'idge d~f appr~3~ga~e~.y 25 t?71 rape
~itya The rued has. numerous sharp curves thraaugho~at except Gau type Karlvva-
PIQ~rdj-v seetiaaip
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