Bridges (Was Article from the old Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph)

[HRBran99 at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/24/00 1:02:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
kjosephson at sprintmail.com writes:

<< I can't even imagine the resulting mess if the Smithfield Street Bridge 
had to be
 closed for any length of time between 1969 and 1984. Where would passengers 
have to
 transfer to buses for downtown connections? >>

The Smithfield St. Bridge did have an "emergency" closing at around 3:00 PM 
one weekday afternoon in the mid 1970s. I was stuck on the downtown side of 
the Mon. River for a while.

HrB