Bridges (Was Article from the old Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph)

[brathke at juno.com]

When the Smithfield St. Bridge was being rebuilt in 1966, PAT trolleys
to/from downtown reached the tunnel via Ross St., 2nd Avenue, 10th St.
Bridge and Carson St.  I'm not sure when trolley traffic stopped using
the 10th St. Bridge.

Bob 9/23

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On Sat, 23 Sep 2000 19:03:01 -0700 Kenneth Josephson
<kjosephson at sprintmail.com> writes:
> 
> 
> brathke at juno.com wrote:
> 
> > I remember a time in the 1970's when no more than one trolley was 
> allowed
> > on each span at the same time.
> 
> The following may be one for Harold or Ed........ :-)
> 
> I have always read and have been told PAT retained the "over the 
> hill"
> trackage (now Route 52) just in case an emergency closed the tunnel.
> Considering the information presented in this discussion thread, did 
> PAT
> consider retaining another bridge crossing just in case the 
> Smithfield span
> had to be closed or perhaps if more serious weight restrictions had 
> to be
> imposed? Ken J.
> 

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