[PRCo] Re: Jack's Run Bridge, a/k/a High Bridge

[Dwight Long]

Jack

Quite true. It was cut back to the Route 14 Avalon loop because of the =
weakened condition of one of the high trestles west of there.

However, after I sent that photo, I discovered I=E2=80=99d made a =
boo-boo.  It ISN=E2=80=99T the Jack=E2=80=99s Run bridge a/k/a High =
Bridge, but rather one further in toward the city, on California Avenue =
at Forsythe Street. At first glance from that angle they look a lot =
alike.

I can=E2=80=99t seem to readily find a shot of a car on the High Bridge =
(Jack=E2=80=99s Run), but here is a fot of an enthusiast trip in 1965 at =
the junction of routes 6 and 13/14.  It is turning off route 13/14 onto =
route 6 on Wynhurst. The High Bridge on California Ave. is in the =
background=E2=80=94east or upriver end of it.

Dick=E2=80=94Yes, it was near the PRR Jack=E2=80=99s Run facility, but =
inland from it, on California Avenue.





Dwight


From: Jack May=20
Sent: Thursday, 09 February, 2012 18:38
To: Dwight Long ; 'Dennis Lamont'=20
Cc: 'Fred Schneider' ; artwheeler at trolleybuses.net ; 'Bill Vigrass' ; =
hassel8 at comcast.net ; pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org=20
Subject: Re: Jack's Run Bridge, a/k/a High Bridge
Thanks.  I recall the bridge very well before North Side abandonments.  =
Wasn't the 13 combined with the 6 and then cut back to become the 6/14 =
prior to the buses taking over?   I haven't looked at my PRys sldes for =
a long time, but I'm sure I have some good views of all the bridges on =
the line.   =20

Jack

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  From: Dwight Long=20
  To: 'Dennis Lamont'=20
  Cc: 'Fred Schneider' ; artwheeler at trolleybuses.net ; 'Jack May' ; =
'Bill Vigrass' ; hassel8 at comcast.net ; pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org=20
  Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 5:47 PM
  Subject: Jack's Run Bridge, a/k/a High Bridge


  Dennis

  Further to our recent exchange on the (now infamous) Jack=E2=80=99s =
Run bridge, here is a 1965 shot of Pittsburgh Railways inbound route 13 =
PCC coming off it. Just to the right of where the picture was taken was =
the junction with route 6 and the appropriately-named High Bridge loop.

  More interesting to me were the more spindly trestles on this route =
built by the tramway company but paved over for auto use as well.  The =
second shot is one from 1959 showing another inbound route 13 PCC but on =
the Avalon trestle.  It=E2=80=99s unfortunate that the location was so =
treed in as the full height of the trestle is not apparent.  Both this =
one and another on the line were quite high.

  Dwight


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