TheMinistry of Transport Construction (Mintransstroy;Russian:Министерство транспортного строительства СССР) was agovernment ministry in theSoviet Union.
Originally established in 1954 as Ministry of Transport Construction as the successor to theMain Administration for the Construction of Highways; renamed State Production Committee for Transport Construction in 1957 and renamed Ministry of Transport Construction in 1965. Responsible for overseeing the construction of railroads, large bridges, tunnels and subways in seaports and river ports, construction of national highways and airfields.[1]
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