Article from the old Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph

[mrb190]

Judging by the West End Lines Transit Gloria Mundi video, it was a happenin'
bridge - lots and TONS of activity up to June, 1959.

Perhaps the "unsound" rumor was started by the anti-Point Bridge, anti-trolley
contingent after the "battle to save the Point Bridge" began in June, 1959.  Of
course, by saying that, I could be starting another rumor.

Matt

Kenneth Josephson wrote:

> 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.