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

[Fred Schneider]

The lost leg scenario was played out during the demolition of the Brady
Street Bridge.  The real hero was the surgeon who climbed up on the insecure
steelwork and amputated the pinched extremity.   In my mind, that man could
never get enough praise.  Surgeons are used to working in a sterile
environment and standing on a concrete floor.  Working seventy-five feet (or
whatever) over the Monongahela River on 12 inch girders of a partially
collapsed bridge isn't something they tell you about in a surgical
residency.
"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