INTERRUPTION OF CONSTRUCTION WORK ON BRIDGES IN THURINGIA AND SEXONY-ANHALT BY SHORTAGE OF CEMENT

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• Publication Date: October 15, 1951
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rlter-u-stiou of Const'uction Y.'ork on Bridrcs in Tharinaia and :!axony....
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1, Accordinr to an ariounceront by the 17-vertrnent of Lrind Thurilvia, 'Highway
and Bridce Denart,f.nt, det.,ed early Se:Aember 1951, the shortae of cement ard
drushectot.OpeshEOtad the eonstruction fork on the following bridges for
which Dauunion ft-mS in LI-furt or otho7 places have contracted:
Bridge on the 51erge-ettendorf hiflitmly, built for the I:ismut,,Company.
The bridr,e4 oompThted except for the reinforced concrete roadway;
100 ton of coment aro required,
b. Ari.thed lasqaz-e the Dittrichsbuo;to bridre on the Schwarza-Dlanken-
berg hiFhway. 'he temporary struc=7,1re Irevjousl,y erected on this site
has been disantled. Long detours UN4 required as long as this bridge
is out; 55 tons of cement are req/red,
c. Bridre on rotz and Leopoldstrasse in %rfurt; about 1'18 teas of cement
are required/
d. Bridge at ?.fettstaedt on the ':,ein:x-Naumburg highway. The bride is
cortpleted except for the reinfor.r:od concrete plates; about 45 tons
of cement are 'required.
e. Wagonstedter 2ridge in ffuoblhas.sen, The bridce is all%ost completed.
About 80 tons of cement are rrquired. The bridge is built by the Ilau-
union firm in Nordhausen.
f. Road bridge near the v1adu0... in Gotha, The ditches for the foundation
of the structure have beer dug and ,,ome of the foundation have already
been concreted. The ditch (s cannot re=rin 1.11 thP present status as they
are prone to be damived 1:( frost. About 126 tons of carent are required,
Bridr..e in uera-Liebschwitz. The structure is 45 percent com?le.yld, The
rerainiug work must be cone prior to the -erinning Gad weather. Thb
bridge is built by the 'auunion firr in flaumburg. About 45 taim of comnt
are required,
Culvert on the Schwara-Rudelstadt hihway. About 60 tons of celront
are requireda
L. Retaining walls on National liOaway No 85 near :3chwarza, National High-
way Eo 90 near the Lichtontanne railroad station, on oatevory II road
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;lc, 55 near onthstal, catecory I road NO 65 near Icsenigoee) and catef.,
read ED (6 in the vicinity of i:oenisee. A total of 193 tons of
cement ore required.
3(4$e of a thertage---er &meet and.eruthed stoney week en the following-bridgeta
is Land Saxony?Anhalt had to be interru7,ted:
41" rid:-.e across Lak.e Scholitz. The brid-e is comnleted except for the
reinforced concrete roadway thich was scheduled for completion by
late 7.ovember 1951. A total of 202 tons of cement are -required.
b. BridfTe across th 3trenre River in 7,ouen1t1itsche. A toal of 30 tons
of cement for the bridge roadway are required.
c" 13ridre across the Uster River in Liebenworde, The -pies and abutments
of the structure are cempleted. The scheduled completion date for
the hrid;:e as Into October 1951. A total of 75 tons of cenent for
the bride roadway are required.
d,. 1;ridve across the Laucha River near rilzau. 1:Lber.t 16 tons of cement
are required.
e, Hailroad overess_on catefrery I road 176 rear SchrAedeber?Greudritz.
About 55 tons of cerdent are rneuired.
f, Culvort nn caterory I road l!D )20 nea,- 1 in the vIcinity
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north nridro in !.!a-deburr. The piers and abutments of this bfidge
mast be cor,71.0t,,s-d before this 11.nter, A total of 100 tons of cement
are required.
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3. On. 14 tiepte:nber 1951) ordered to eubmit in person two requests
:ftr 1,000 tons of cement och to rtl-,,e cer-ent raants in Rundersdorf? rinc: net-
? lcbcn ricnr 'Towever-, neither --)lent can deliver the requested- amounof t
ceJ-.-lent since the entire outrmt had to be 7'7-ade available to he SC.Ce
ortve of coal and irro-.-ular sur,-71ies ro electricity hamper the output
oJ enIrr-rit, .P.ftor sr:.1rco rerorted, the failure of . is rirr.zion, 7Terr otto) (fnu
Director General, of the Directorate General, ?otor Transport and !Tiphways)
irfor2nod Fleck and Crote-obi that he could not onaranteo that the brides
urder construction -,7ould be comrleted by the tar-et dates
Cement is a crtica1 item in the 601i:A Zone of =,'er,.n.arty,,,,
er.rtijErTa7-5s ialTo quantities of this cortrodity have to be 6:f ipfd to
the TJh and Poland.
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