[PRCo] Re: For Those Venture West of Pittsburgh

[Derrick Brashear]

On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Ken and
Tracie<ktjosephson at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> I was doing some satellite roadbed chasing of various railroads and
> interurbans in Northern Ohio. I discovered the line using the bridge in the
> attached photo was abandoned. I traced the right of way into Toledo and
> found sections of this line are still in place to serve sidings, but the
> through trackage is mostly gone. The entire right of way, from the Maumee
> River bridge into Toledo is also a transmission line corridor.
> I remember seeing this this bridge, which is parallel to the Ohio Turnpike
> bridge, during our many trips between Pittsburgh and Milwaukee.
>

This looks like the picture:
http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Bridges/TTUpperMaumeeRiverSwingBridge.htm
history on the page.

> Tracing the right of way, it appears the rail line was a branch which
> switched industries and fed various main lines.
>
> Now to the questions. Which railroad built this bridge, when were the tracks
> removed, why wasn't the bridge removed during the scrap metal frenzy of
> 2004-2008 and are there plans for making it part of a recreation trail?