[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh's stadium that was never built

[Bob Rathke]

Is it possible that the 1958 stadium plan included conversion of the PRR Panhandle Bridge to automobile traffic? At that time the bridge was used mainly by PRR Pittsburgh-St. Louis passenger and mail trains, but there was an  alternate route to/from Penn Station . In the Amtrak era (1971), the Pittsburgh-St. Louis passenger trains accessed Penn Station via  the Ft. Wayne line through the Northside and across the Allegheny River at 11th Street; trains connected from the Ft. Wayne line  to the old PRR line through Crafton and Carnegie via the bridge over the Ohio River at Brunots Island. Then around 1975 Amtrak discontinued the Pittsburgh-St. Louis trains . 



Bob 




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dwight Long" <dwightlong at verizon.net> 
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 1:34:32 AM 
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh's stadium that was never built 

Fred 

It is for cars. Â Streetcars. 

BTW, if you Google "streetcar" you will get a lot of junk about hopped up motor cars, not what you want! Â Corollary to your point. 

Dwight 

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Fred Schneider 
  To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, 30 March, 2011 14:27 
  Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh's stadium that was never built 


  I love the automobiles coming on and off the Panhandle Bridge in the artist's rendering.    Those Americans love cars so all bridges must be for cars.   


  On Mar 30, 2011, at 12:50 PM, Bob Rathke wrote: 

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  > In cleaning out some old files, I found a 1958 architect's rendering of the stadium that was proposed to be built over the Monongahela River at Smithfield St.   
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  > See attached scan of the rendering, and also the summary description that accompanied it. The area to the right of the stadium plaza is the site of today's Station Square.  Also note the PAT (former PRR), Liberty and 12th St. bridges beyond the stadium. 
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  > The City chose the Northside site instead, and construction of Three Rivers Stadium began in 1967.   
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