http://gelwood.railfan.net/other/lightrail/pat-1676r.jpg P&LE Canopy & Clock -- Smithfield St. Bridge

[brathke at juno.com]

The underpass must have been enlarged when Station Square was developed
in 1978.  I don't recall the old pedestrian tunnel being wide enough for
vehicular traffic.

Bob 9/18

------------------------------------------------------------------

On Mon, 18 Sep 2000 02:23:10 -0400 (EDT) Derrick J Brashear
<shadow at dementia.org> writes:
> On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, Jim Holland wrote:
> 
> > 	The picture of the Smithfield St. Bridge on page 193 of
> > *Time-of-the-Trolley* by Middleton shows a similar portion of the 
> bridge
> > but from on the bridge and facing south.  From the sidewalk, it 
> appears
> > as though the bridge proper might be continuous to the P&LE canopy 
> - but
> > the construction of the bridge differs markedly.  There is the 
> main
> > *cantilevered* portion, an open portion, a thru-arch-truss, and 
> then the
> > P&LE canopy with underpass.
> > 	How wide is the underpass, incidentally?
> 
> Assuming it has not been enlarged, about 25 feet wide. If it was 
> enlarged,
> I don't know how large it was before.
> 
> -D
> 
> 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------
Have you ever been to a garage sale that WASN'T selling an exercise bike?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------

________________________________________________________________
YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET!
Juno now offers FREE Internet Access!
Try it today - there's no risk!  For your FREE software, visit:
http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.