[PRCo] Re: Bloomfield Bridge

[Matt Barry]

Ah, that could be it.    But, one set of tracks looks like it is already 
set in concrete.

Bill Robb wrote:

>If it's not trolley track, it may be railway track set up by the contractor to move materials. This was common before trucks were wide spread.
>Matt Barry <mrb190+ at pitt.edu> wrote:  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
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>It appears to me that the Bloomfield Bridge, the one which preceded the 
>current bridge, was built with car tracks. See the attached 
>pictures. This is from the Historic Pittsburgh website.
>To my knowledge, no carline ever crossed this bridge from Bigelow Blvd 
>to Liberty Avenue in Bloomfield, or vice versa. The 77/54 used The 
>South Millvale Bridge which is several blocks uptown from the Bloomfield 
>Bridge.
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>This is the description of the photo. (The first photo is a close-up 
>of the 2nd.)
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>Title: Bloomfield Bridge
>Date: July 21, 1914
>Creator: Pittsburgh City Photographer
>Description: View of Bloomfield Bridge Construction and Construction 
>Workers, from the South Abutment Looking to Bloomfield. The Straub 
>Brewery Appears at the End of the Bridge. The Bridge Connecting Bigelow 
>Boulevard and Liberty Avenue Took One Year to Construct. It was Designed 
>by the City's Bureau of Bridges for an Approximate Cost of $450,000 but 
>Built by the Fort Pitt Bridge Works. The Cantilevered Structure Totals 
>2,100 Feet in Length.
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>-- URL : http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/BloomfieldBridge1914.jpg
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