[PRCo] Re: west penn

[Edward H. Lybarger]

A thousand pardons....the crossing was at Turnpike MP 80.3, not 80.4 as
stated last evening.

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of John
Swindler
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 9:12 AM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: west penn




Someone probably needed some fill, and the local farmer said "have I got a
deal for you'.



>From: <tsquare at toad.net>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: west penn
>Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 19:07:13 -0400
>
>
>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.
>
>BTW, there was a "situation" of similar note in Maryland.  It was
>decided to erect an overpass for automobiles on then-US 50 across
>the Baltimore Washington & Annapolis Railway near Seabrook.  After
>several years of wrangling, the overpass, complete with steep
>approaches was built in 1931 -- the WB&A succumbed just 4 years
>later!  US 50 continued to use the narrow bridge until 1957 when
>the highway was relocated, the old road becoming Md 450.  The
>bridge continued in use over the now-abandoned R/W until 1999
>when it was finally removed -- Msryland's "monument" to a lost
>traction system.
>
>Tom
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
>[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of
>Derrick J Brashear
>Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 1:07 PM
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] west penn
>
>
>
>Per a recent trip on the turnpike I should share that the mound which was
>the south approach to the West Penn's bridge over the turnpike, which
>until recently had a Hoss's billboard facing westbound traffic, has been
>removed, probably in mid-August.
>
>Hadn't been mentioned so I figured I should.
>
>-D
>
>
>


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