[PRCo] Re: Vancouver: Arbutus streetcar

[Derrick Brashear]

On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 11:41 PM, Bob Rathke <bobrathke at comcast.net> wrote:
> Reminds me of the late 1970's when weight rerstrictions were improsed on the
> Homestead High Level Bridge.  The highway dept.'s solution to the problem
> was to put 55-gallon drums in the curb lanes of the bridge, which cut the
> traffic weight on the bridge by 50%...and also cut traffic capacity by 50%.
>
> I've been away from Pittsburgh for 25+ years, and I hope that those barrels
> are gone.  However, if the barrels are no longer there, it's probably
> because they rusted away and highway crews haven't gotten around to going
> out on the bridge to pick up the debris. :-)

High level Bridge was 4 lanes open for most of my driving life; 2-3
years ago it underwent a 2 year long program to widen and improve
(including repaint) the span.