[PRCo] Re: Route 18 bridge to be removed

[Schneider Fred]

Mark, route 18 is Henderson Avenue.   Remember the Jefferson - Maiden  
car line in Washington was where the line came out of of  
Washington.   The trolley crossed over or under the Pennsylvania  
Railroad three times in route to Pittsburgh:
(1) Jefferson Avenue in Washington on the bridge.   Then it ran  
beside the railroad to the north end of the museum property and  
within a block or so of it all the way to Morganza.

(2) Richfol trestle between Canonsburg and Morganza.

(3)  It went under the railroad (at that point the used by Washington  
trains as well as St. Louis trains) at the immediate north end of  
South Hills Tunnel.

It is going to be hard to show you a map that you can open but I will  
attach a link to goggle maps.   It will long one and you will  
probably have to retype it to get it to work.   The easier way will  
be for you to type google maps into your search engine.   When you  
get their home page, type the following into it washington pa -  
Henderson Ave at Oak Grove Rd and press enter.   The bridge will be  
on Henderson just east of Oak Grove.


On Nov 11, 2009, at 7:43 PM, Mark McGuire wrote:

>   Could someone please point this out to me on a map? I'm a little  
> confused. Thanks in advance.
>
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: "Edward H. Lybarger" <trams2 at comcast.net>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Route 18 bridge to be removed
> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:47:58 -0500
>
> This, of course, is directly adjacent to the fill that replaced the  
> highway
> bridge over the Washington Interurban.  PRCo was absolutely certain  
> that
> they'd be able to walk away from that structure, but the Department of
> Highways had other ideas.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of  
> Derrick
> Brashear
> Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 12:02 PM
> To: Pittsburgh Railways Group
> Subject: [PRCo] Route 18 bridge to be removed
>
> Looks like the bridge where the railroad adjacent to the line at  
> Tylerdale's
> gonna be removed.
>
> http://www.observer-reporter.com/or/localnews/11-06-2009--Route-18- 
> bridge
>
> Route 18 bridge to be removed
>
> By Kathie O. Warco, Staff writer, kwarco at observer-reporter.com
>
> A bridge on Route 18 (Henderson Avenue) that spans what used to be a
> railroad line at the Washington-Canton Township line will soon be  
> history.
> Representatives of the state Department of Transportation on Wednesday
> presented plans for the removal of the bridge near the Washington  
> Estates
> trailer park at an open house at the Canton Township recreation  
> hall. The
> area will be backfilled, eliminating the need for a bridge.
>
> "We'll also be dropping the road by as much as seven feet," said  
> Andrew
> Benchek, project manager for PennDOT. "That will allow us to widen  
> the road
> to 11-foot lanes and a four-foot shoulder."
>
> The project will be bid in January. The work will be done later  
> that year.
>
> Because of the design of the concrete girder floor beam bridge, the  
> work
> will necessitate the closure of Route 18 for four to six weeks,  
> Benchek
> said.
> "We will develop a construction schedule that is very aggressive,"
> Benchek said. "We realize we need to consider school bus routes and  
> the
> Washington County Fair."
>
> "We want to be aggressive and push the envelope on this," he added.
> "We may set a milestone date for the contractor to have the work  
> done."
>
> Benchek said that the average daily number of vehicles on that  
> stretch of
> road is 13,374. The detour will take traffic coming into Washington  
> from the
> Hickory area onto Oak Grove Road. Traffic will turn right on North  
> Main
> Street in South Strabane Township to West Chestnut Street in  
> Washington and
> back to Jefferson Avenue.
>
> "We were very mindful of the amount of traffic," Benchek said. "We  
> felt this
> was the best solution."
>
> Access to the businesses and homes in the area will be maintained.
>
> Benchek said that removing the bridge and replacing it with the  
> fill is more
> cost-effective.
>
> "There is no longer a railroad underneath so there is no need for a
> structure," Benchek said. "We are saving at least $1 million by not
> replacing the bridge. Plus we don't have to worry about maintaining  
> it."
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Derrick
>
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