[PRCo] Re: west penn

[Derrick J Brashear]

(regarding the south embankment of the turnpike bridge on the West Penn
line)

On Sun, 16 Sep 2001, Derrick J Brashear wrote:

> 
> On Sun, 16 Sep 2001 tsquare at toad.net wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Oh, gee! -- as it did not affect driver visability, the hump must 
> > have been removed by some anti-traction nut to remove "painful" 
> > memories.  Maybe it was some farmer trying to reclaim his land. 
> > Or was it by the State preparing for an eventual widening of the 
> > highway?  Otherwise, it must have been "make-work".  I'll miss it
> > -- it was, from 1952, a "monument" to a lost traction system.
> 
> They've been working heavily through that stretch the last few years,
> they've already been making the berms widers.

Actually, turns out the private property owner must have removed it. A
barn has gone up on the site!

-D