<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><DIV>How's this stunt: In 1965 my brother-in-law was driving from downtown to Carrick.&nbsp; Leaving downtown, the&nbsp;forward gears in his car's transmission stopped working, but reverse gear still worked.&nbsp; His solution for getting home was to drive the car <SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;">in reverse</SPAN>&nbsp;across the Liberty Bridge, through the Liberty Tunnels and out Saw Mill Run Blvd.&nbsp; True story.&nbsp;<BR></DIV>
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<DIV><BR></DIV>As long as you're speaking of the Liberty Tunnels, here are two comparison<BR>photos. One is the South Portal in 1932 and the other is an artist<BR>rendering of how tthe South Portal will look in 2014 when the current<BR>renovation of the tunnels is complete. As for the sidewalk through the<BR>tunnel, it was removed in the last reconstruction in the 1970s.<BR>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR>On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 8:48 AM, BobDietrich &lt;bob.dietrich1@verizon.net&gt;wrote:<BR>
<DIV><BR></DIV>&gt; The south portal of the Liberty Tubes was rated so deadly because it was so<BR>&gt; detrimental to the health of the guys who had to work there. &nbsp;Can you<BR>&gt; imagine breathing the exhaust of all those cars all day on top of the<BR>&gt; normal<BR>&gt; city pollution.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; This reminds me of a stunt I pulled that I'll bet none of you were dumb<BR>&gt; enough to do - I rode my bike through the Tubes one day. &nbsp;We'll I think I<BR>&gt; walked it most of the way. &nbsp;It was back when they still had a sidewalk<BR>&gt; about<BR>&gt; three feet above the roadway so I was not in the traffic. &nbsp;It still scared<BR>&gt; the crap out of me.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; Bob<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; -----Original Message-----<BR>&gt; From: pittsburgh-railways-bounces@mailman.dementix.org<BR>&gt; [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounces@mailman.dementix.org] On Behalf Of<BR>&gt; Lattner, Raymond<BR>&gt; Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 11:12 AM<BR>&gt; To: Western PA Trolley discussion (<BR>&gt; pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org)<BR>&gt; Subject: [PRCo] PRCo Deadly Streets<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; Any to add?<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; http://www.brooklineconnection.com/history/Facts/Roads1930/DeadlyRoads.html<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; Ray<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; -------------- next part --------------<BR>&gt; An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>&gt; URL:<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; http://mailman.dementix.org/pipermail/pittsburgh-railways/attachments/201309<BR>&gt; 04/29ab200e/attachment.html<BR>&gt; _______________________________________________<BR>&gt; Pittsburgh-railways mailing list<BR>&gt; Pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org<BR>&gt; https://mailman.dementix.org/mailman/listinfo/pittsburgh-railways<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; _______________________________________________<BR>&gt; Pittsburgh-railways mailing list<BR>&gt; Pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org<BR>&gt; https://mailman.dementix.org/mailman/listinfo/pittsburgh-railways<BR>&gt;<BR>
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<DIV><BR></DIV>-- <BR>Herb Brannon<BR>*In Pittsburgh...The Paris of<BR>Appalachia&lt;http://www.arc.gov/appalachian_region/TheAppalachianRegion.asp&gt;<BR>*<BR>Let's Go Bucs<BR>
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