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

[Harold G.]

Greetings to John and all.    Yes...there are other numbered streets.
On the South Side, we have the 10th street bridge and then
the 18th street hill to Mt Oliver and Carrick.  And the former
loop for #50..was that at 30th street?  I dont remember what
that was called.  Any one have a map,

Harold Geissenheimer

-----Original Message-----
From: John Swindler <j_swindler at hotmail.com>
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Date: Friday, March 04, 2005 9:06 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: 94 Sharpsburg - 62nd Street Bridge


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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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
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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: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 17:56:42 -0600
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>>People on the South Side, called it the 22nd St. Bridge.
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>>Bob 3/3/05
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>>----- 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
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>> > On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, John Swindler wrote:
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>> > > The Brady St. bridge sounds more familiar for this accident.  Would
>>have
>> > > been around 1963-65.
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>> > Try again. I was alive when the Brady St Bridge came down. I am not
over
>> > 40.
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