[PRCo] Re: Weak Bridges

[Fred Schneider]

The list was state and federal structures only.

On Aug 15, 2007, at 9:00 PM, Ken & Tracie wrote:

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