South Park Road ???????

[Edward H. Lybarger]

Everything is correct for the location...road, shelter, signals, track
arrangement in distance.  The last certainly looks as if it was shot with
the telephoto lens, so that would legitimize the "short" bridge.  Note the
water barrel.

I remember that bridge as a kid.  It was an awful bottleneck for South Park
Road traffic since only half of it was used for highway purposes.  The great
Grade Crossing Separation Elimination Project took place in 1961.

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[mailto:owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org]On Behalf Of Jim Holland
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 8:05 PM
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Subject: South Park Road ???????


Greetings!

	This URL http://davesrailpix.railfan.net/pitts/htm/wvp234.htm fits for
the overpass over South Park Road looking south, but the trestle looks
too short and the photo does not necessarily appear as a telephoto - or
is it?
	What year was this trestle removed - sometime between 1955-1959 I
believe?  I remember the shoo-fly around construction for the removal of
the trestle and the grading for the crossing.

James B. Holland
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