[PRCo] Re: 94 Sharpsburg - 62nd Street Bridge

[Harold G.]

Greetings  Did the replacement PRC 94 bus use the old bridge?

Harold Geissenheimer


-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Barry <mrb190+ at pitt.edu>
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Date: Monday, February 28, 2005 7:11 PM
Subject: [PRCo] 94 Sharpsburg - 62nd Street Bridge


>There are a series of photos on eBay of the old 62nd Street bridge
>standing alongside its replacement bridge.
>
>Here is one:
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=208&item=3960389107&
rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
>
>Did the old bridge continue to carry auto traffic after the PRC
>abandoned route 94 Sharpsburg in November 1960?    It would seem that
>the Lawrenceville and Sharpsburg ramps from the old bridge would have
>had to have been removed in order to make room for the new bridge's
>entrances and exits to the respective streets at either end.
>
>I wonder when the old bridge was demolished.   I don't recall it being
>there in the early 1960's, but that doesn't mean it wasn't hanging on
>for awhile back then.
>
>Matt
>
>