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

[John Swindler]

Interesting.  I never heard it referred to as the 22nd St. bridge, but then 
I lived in the East End.  I would tend to link a numbered street with the 
strip district and routes 87 and 88.

I remember going with John Baxter to take some pictures of 77/54 cars 
crossing the Brady/22nd St. bridge on last day of service - would have been 
around 1963-64.  And I remember hearing of the accident involving the worker 
loosing his leg - didn't realize that the bridge removal was so much later.  
So I was already in Harrisburg when that happened.  Surprised that I even 
had a vague recollection of that accident.

But I guess there is a tradition for that:  The Point and Manchester bridges 
were still standing in spring 1970 when I was going to school in Pgh - some 
dozen years or so after at least Point Bridge was closed.  Took some 
pictures of them in Point Park that spring.  Wish I had taken some pics of 
other structures that I always thought would be around - but aren't.

And then there are those concrete bridges on the Brownsville line, and a 
steel bridge on the Mohnton line in this area.  As Ed would say:  there just 
isn't much of a market for used concrete.  <gg>

John


>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: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 17:56:42 -0600
>
>People on the South Side, called it the 22nd St. Bridge.
>
>Bob 3/3/05
>
>-----------------------------
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Derrick J Brashear" <shadow at dementia.org>
>To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 10:22 AM
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: 94 Sharpsburg - 62nd Street Bridge
>
>
> > On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, John Swindler wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > The Brady St. bridge sounds more familiar for this accident.  Would 
>have
> > > been around 1963-65.
> >
> > Try again. I was alive when the Brady St Bridge came down. I am not over
> > 40.
> >
>
>