Interurbans *from* Pittsburgh

[EDWARD H. LYBARGER]

837 went across on a bridge that was subsequently filled.

The line left Route 88 and went onto prw very soon after (north of) the
Monessen Bridge.  I think the highway has been widened a little bit in here.
The picture of the spray car in "Pgh. Trolley Pictorial" was taken here.
-----Original Message-----
From: Derrick J Brashear <shadow at dementia.org>
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Date: Saturday, May 01, 1999 6:31 PM
Subject: Re: Interurbans *from* Pittsburgh


>On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Donald Galt wrote:
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>> You can drive up it for a few hundred yards - I did so today. To my
innocent
>> outlander eyes, the human culture looked very Appalachian; I'm not sure
I'd
>> have the guts to ignore the barrier on foot.
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>Well, today there was a truck being loaded with logs by a piece of heavy
>equipment at the lower barrier, so I gave up, and went to the top, and
>parked at the barrier at the upper end off the stretch, and walked down
>in. Aside from the road looking like it lacked good drainage because some
>of the culverts under the road had plugged it looked passable except where
>the heavy equipment was being used for logging; there the road is a mess,
>and we turned back up the hill. The right of way iss quite evident though
>I saw nothing of interest other than cut-down telephone poles.
>
>> I took a picture from the road crossing at the summit, looking north
along
>> what I think was the right of way. Try as I might, I couldn't make out
any
>> formation on the south side of the road where the line curved off
westward to
>> begin the descent along the bluffs.
>
>As you ascend from Charleroi on route 88, there's a spot in the concrete
>barrier where there are steel beam guardrails for a few feet; A guess is
>this is where the line cut away from 88 and headed back along the
>hillside.
>
>Also, was the crossing under 837 at the crest a tunnel or did 837 bridge
>the line, do any of you know?
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