South Park Road ???????

[Edward H. Lybarger]

I have photos of the construction (demolition).  And yes, they've been
copied for Port Authority in their quest to have the grade separated again.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
[mailto:owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org]On Behalf Of Jim Holland
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 10:25 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: Re: South Park Road ???????


Greetings!

	Didn't realize that the trestle lasted that long!  Isadore Reichert
used to have a very early Sunday AM pullout on Library and I would ride
with him.  We often delivered newspapers to this location.  I think
there was only room for one lane of auto traffic beneath the structure.
And the rebuild was done without interrupting trolley service!  It was a
single track shoo-fly to the west of the trestle at grade.  If a car
ever derailed while making the switch from the main, it would have
rolled over a couple times!  Now I understand that if Library ever gets
*fully-lrv-upgraded* that a trestle might return to this location!

Edward H. Lybarger wrote:

> 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.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> [mailto:owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org]On Behalf Of Jim Holland
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 8:05 PM
> To: PRCo -- WP -- JTC -- The Big *3* --
> 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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James B. Holland
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