Article from the old Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph

[Kenneth Josephson]

Yes, I know it was removed in 1970. I wondered , too, why a "condemned"
bridge remained for eleven years after it was closed. More than one person
had mentioned the bridge was unsafe. If this was a myth, I don't know how it
was started. The bridge wasn't that old by "bridge standards" and it
appeared to be a substantial structure. Ken J.

mrb190 wrote:

> Yes, the bridge was removed in 1970 or was it '71?
>
> brathke at juno.com wrote:
>
> > Ken,
> >
> > For a condemned bridge, it sure stayed in place a long time.  Trolleys
> > stopped running on it in 1959, but didn't it still exist until the
> > 1970's?
> >
> > Bob 9/21
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> >
> > On Thu, 21 Sep 2000 10:40:13 -0700 Kenneth Josephson
> > <kjosephson at sprintmail.com> writes:
> > >
> > >
> > > "Dietrich, Robert J." wrote:
> > >
> > > > Nobody said that!!!
> > >
> > > Not on this list. But over the years, I've been told the Point
> > > Bridge
> > > was condemned as being structurally unsound.  Ken J.