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

[John Swindler]

Except for the railfans after we discovered the Sunday/Holiday pass.  
Someone else mentioned that we tended to be somewhat of an odd lot - our 
hobby leads us to an understanding of maps.

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: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 17:25:34 -0600
>
>Many people in Pittsburgh have never left "their" side of the river, let
>alone travel out of the state.  So, some people on the South Side would
>never know that Brady Street was on the other end of the South 22nd St.
>Bridge :-)
>
>Bob 3/4/05
>
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Derrick J Brashear" <shadow at dementia.org>
>To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 10:44 AM
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: 94 Sharpsburg - 62nd Street Bridge
>
>
> > On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, John Swindler wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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.
> >
> > South 22nd st, but that's commonly left out. Remember the 10th st bridge
> > goes from 2nd Avenue at the Armstrong Tunnels to the South Side. Really 
>it
> > is the south 10th St bridge. Some old maps still call the new bridge the
> > 22nd St Bridge. Of course, 22nd St is *next to* the bridge, but...
> >
> >
>
>