[PRCo] Re: West Liberty Avenue paving

[Derrick Brashear]

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 8:00 PM, George W. Gula <scranton-pa at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Could it be that they are going to work on the outer edges first then work
>> on the center so that traffic may be maintained?
>> As for not taking the photos, you know the old adage......."a picture is
>> worth a thousand words".
>>
>> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 23:07, Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> West Liberty is currently being repaved inbound from below Pioneer
>>> (upper end) to the ramp to (what's now the busway). The crown of most
>>> of it is intact, while the edges are scraped. Why? A lot of intact
>>> rail. There's a good bit of cobblestone and/or brick railside showing,
>>> and occasionally a few feet of rail. From Cape May to about the busway
>>> ramp, the center of the road has been removed to the subbase, and
>>> there are no rails. I don't know if they are going to keep pulling
>>> rails up the hill.
>>>
>>> I was biking inbound from Mt Lebanon, and did not stop the bike to
>>> take pictures. Likewise, while biking up Warrington I considered a
>>> shot of just how bad the pavement along the trackage there is, but
>>> decided to just push on home.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Derrick
>>>
>>>
>>
> Derrick
>
> Penn Dot is removing all the rail on West Liberty Avenue as they repave. The
> City of Pittsburgh now has a policy to remove old rail when major street
> reconstruction occurs.

which is why this project has been dragging on, i guess. well, it does
make sense; no rail was visible
in the center as i passed, but i assume they will uncover more as they go.


-- 
Derrick