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

[Matt Barry]

I posted a similar answer early yesterday.   I am wondering why my 
messages are being bounced.   I saw that two ended up that way.   They 
had to be re-posted from the "bounce-list."
Matt

John Swindler wrote:

>The Brady St. bridge sounds more familiar for this accident.  Would have 
>been around 1963-65.
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>>From: "Bob Rathke" <bobrathke at comcast.net>
>>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>>To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>>Subject: [PRCo] Re: 94 Sharpsburg - 62nd Street Bridge
>>Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 19:07:23 -0600
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>>I believe that the bridge that slipped during demolition was the South 22nd
>>St. Bridge, and an ironworker (his name was Winner) lost a leg in order to
>>remove him from the structure.  A surgeon from the University of Pittsburgh
>>Medical School had to climb the bridge to perform the amputation.  I
>>remember the worker's name because a friend had the same name.
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>>Bob 3/2/05
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>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Dietrich, Robert J." <Robert.Dietrich at unisys.com>
>>To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>>Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 7:02 AM
>>Subject: [PRCo] Re: 94 Sharpsburg - 62nd Street Bridge
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>>>Matt:
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>>>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.
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>>>Bob
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>>>-----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
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>>>There are a series of photos on eBay of the old 62nd Street bridge
>>>standing alongside its replacement bridge.
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>>>Here is one:
>>>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=208&item=39603891
>>>07&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
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>>>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.
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>>>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.
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>>>Matt
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