[PRCo] Re: Weak Bridges

[Ken & Tracie]

I was under the impression that the Smithfield Street Bridge was another one of those "iffy" structures.

K.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>
>Sent: Aug 15, 2007 7:22 PM
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Weak Bridges
>
>On the subject of weak bridges, Pennsylvania's politicians finally  
>bit the bullet and today released a list of structurally deficient  
>bridges.   Except for a couple in Carbon County and one over the  
>Lehigh River at West Catasauqua, most are either in Erie County (both  
>eastbound and westbound spans on I-95 at Northeast PA), or Allegheny,  
>or Beaver or Washington counties.   The Rankin Bridge, that replaced  
>the one that fell under the over loaded work car in 1937, is one of  
>those on today's list of spans you really don't want to cross.     
>Another (get this one Jerry) is the Donora to Monessen span. 
>   
>