CABLE SUSPENSION BRIDGE DONG PHONG THUONG, NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A001100020010-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 2, 2012
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: October 13, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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CABLE SUSPENSION BRIDGE
DONG PRONG THUONG, NORTH VIETNAM
1958N 10550E
(SEE NPIC BRIEFING BOARD L-2759 FOR COMPARISON)
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD PORTRAYS A CABLE SUSPENSION BRIDGE WHICH
MAKES USE OF A NEW BRIDGE SERVICEABILITY DECEPTION TECHNIQUE.
2. LOCATION:
THE BRIDGE IS LOCATED AT UTM WH876084, ONE NM WEST OF DONG
PHONG THUONG AND 0.6 NM SOUTHWEST OF THE DESTROYED DONG PHONG THUONG
RAILROAD AND HIGHWAY BRIDGE OVER SONG LEN
3. MISSION READOUT:
REVEALS A CABLE SUSPENSION BRIDGE,
APPROXIMATELY 620 FEET LONG, WHICH HAS BEEN RECONSTRUCTED AND APPEARS
TO BE SERVICEABLE. THE BRIDGE, HEAVILY DAMAGED BY AN AIR STRIKE ON
19 JANUARY 1967, CONSISTS OF CABLE SUSPENSION TOWERS ON EACH RIVER
BANK, TWO HEAVY OVERHEAD SUSPENSION CABLES, AND FOUR DECK CABLES
FLUSH WITH THE APPROACHES. AS A SERVICEABILITY DECEPTION TECHNIQUE
AND FOR EASY REASSEMBLY, THE DECKING HAS BEEN STACKED INTERMITTENTLY
ON THE DECK CABLES.
UTM COORDINATE IS TAKEN FROM AMS SERIES L7014, SHEET 6148 I.
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CABLE SUSPENSION BRIDGE
DONG PHONG THUONG, NORTH VIETNAM
19-58N 105-50E