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

[Matt Barry]

Hi Bob,

I think you are thinking of the Brady Street Bridge which was over the 
Mon River and carried route 77/54 from Oakland to the South Side.   I 
believe that was featured in "things that aren't there anymore."
The bridge I speak of below is  the 62nd Street bridge over the 
Allegheny which carried rout 94 Sharpsburg from Lawrenceville to 
Sharpsburg and Aspinwall.

Matt

Dietrich, Robert J. wrote:

>Matt:
>
>WQED's video "Things that aren't there anymore" tells the story of the
>two bridges, including the guy who lost his leg demolishing the old
>bridge.
>
>Bob
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
>[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Matt
>Barry
>Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 1:10 PM
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>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=39603891
>07&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
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