[PRCo] July 3, 1964 Brady Street Bridge - Route 54C

Derrick Brashear shadow at gmail.com
Thu Jan 24 15:05:14 EST 2013


they did a 5 years worth of life rehab in 1969. state department of
highways secretary came out for a ribbon cutting there and fort
duquesne bridge.

On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 2:02 PM, John Swindler <j_swindler at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>   It was a new weight restriction that took trolleys off Brady Street bridge.  Went with John Baxter to take some last weekend pix at north end of the bridge.    > From: mrb190 at pitt.edu
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>> Subject: [PRCo] July 3, 1964 Brady Street Bridge - Route 54C
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>> The article explains the new route replacing a little shuttle, but it never states why the route is not allowed to cross the Brady Street Bridge.   Was the bridge provided with additional strength, allowing for a large bus to cross it, at this time?
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>> I guess it was, since I recall riding a regular PAT bus across it, in the early 70s.
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>> http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QwQiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A08EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7494%2C578619
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