another remnant

[brathke at juno.com]

The 16th St. Bridge surface was replaced several times, including a major
rebuild in 1951; I recall a resurfacing around 1960; the rail was finally
removed when the bridge was resurfaced around 1968, but the rail at the
expansion joints was left in place until rather recently when yet another
rebuild happened.

The rail curving from Penn Ave. to the 16th St. Bridge was probably cut
after the 77/54 line ended, but Penn Avenue still carried 87 and 88
trolleys until early 1967.

Bob 8/1

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On Tue, 01 Aug 2000 09:57:43 -0400 mrb190 <mrb190+ at pitt.edu> writes:
> A rail much travelled by my grandfather and I during the early part 
> of the
> 60's, on the 77/54.  As I mentioned sometime back, I distinctly 
> recall what a
> smooth ride it was crossing, rather swiftly, I thought, the 16th 
> street bridge
> on the PCC.  Someone else on this list recalled that the rail had 
> been
> replaced some time in the 50's.
> 
> Derrick J Brashear wrote:
> 
> > I'm at the David L Lawrence Convention Center now for IETF
> > (http://www.ietf.org ... IETF are the people who define standards 
> so
> > things like the web and email work across systems and vendors). We 
> went up
> > to the Strip District for dinner; I got wet on the way back in the 
> rain,
> > but I also noticed while crossing 16th on Penn (the bridge side of 
> the
> > intersection) a rail curving on the inside of the curve from the
> > further-from-the-city inbound side of Penn onto the bridge.
> >
> > Just the right rail, and I could see it was cut and so didn't go 
> onto the
> > bridge.
> >
> > Nothing terribly exciting, but it's there
> >
> > -D
> 

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