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

[Dwight Long]

Dennis

And has been since 1924.

The steel bridge photo I sent was of the Avalon trestle, which is west =
of the High Bridge.

Dwight

From: Dennis Lamont=20
Sent: Thursday, 09 February, 2012 19:47
To: Jack May ; Dwight Long=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
      the current jacks run bridge is a concrete arch thingy

      --- On Thu, 2/9/12, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net> wrote:


        From: Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net>
        Subject: Re: Jack's Run Bridge, a/k/a High Bridge
        To: "Jack May" <jackmay135 at gmail.com>, "'Dennis Lamont'" =
<ge13031 at yahoo.com>
        Cc: "'Fred Schneider'" <fwschneider at comcast.net>, =
artwheeler at trolleybuses.net, "'Bill Vigrass'" <billvigrass at verizon.net>, =
hassel8 at comcast.net, pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
        Date: Thursday, February 9, 2012, 7:46 PM



        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' ; =
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        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' ; =
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          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=20



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