LT-0580 and towards north.
At the railway bridge over Vadakstis
River. The Lithuanian rails were removed around 2002 after the
privatization of the Mazeikiai oil refinery. Here the two indirect
Lithuanian poles, LT-0581 and LT-0582. The rails on the Lithuanian side of
the bridge are left.
Photo
from the 1930s of the Lithuanian concrete marker which was placed
opposite to the Latvian concrete marker. The sign on the marker is the
Lithuanian coat-of-arms and on the top is the Columns of
Gediminas. According to the 1927 Treaty3 it
was two concrete markers here, but the treaty says they were placed on
the northern side of the railway. Anyhow, the photo shows cleary that
the Lithuanian marker is on the southern side, and the Latvian marker is
today placed on the southern side. It is not likely that it was moved,
as no other concrete marker which still stands appears to have been
moved after 1930. (The pole or mast on the Latvian bank appears to be too tall
to be a border marker.) (Photo:
ebay.de)
.
Same point, but towards west.
From the middle of the bridge and towards
north and LV-0580.
From the middle of the bridge and towards
south.
The bridge photographed from Latvian
side.
The Latvian markers LV-0581 (left), and
LV-0582 which is the only Latvian marker at the
Latvian-Lithuanian boundary which also served as a border marker before
the Soviet occupation of Latvia.
The entire height of the marker is quite
visible and is 270 centimetres.
The original pre-WW II insignia is
replaced with new insignia according to the 1995 treaty (see below), but
the marker itself is the same. The marker which was placed here in
1930 was grey (not white and red painted) and with an oval plate with
the Latvian coats-of-arms.
But
only the top 160 cm are visible above the bridge surface. 1)
The
railway is blocked by these concrete bars from the Latvian side of the
boundary. Photographed towards west and the Lithuanian side.
