Bridges (Was Article from the old Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph)

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

	Now this is the first that I have heard this - I was floating around
the South Pacific with Uncle Sam's Canoe Club at this time!  I am sure
it has been done other times and have wondered why they didn't do that
reroute when the barge had damaged the understructure of the bridge -
actually, the tug maneuvering the barge.

brathke at juno.com wrote:

> 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

> --------------------------------------

> 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.

James B. Holland

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