[PRCo] PRCo Deadly Streets

[Bob Rathke]

How's this stunt: In 1965 my brother-in-law was driving from downtown to Carrick.  Leaving downtown, the forward gears in his car's transmission stopped working, but reverse gear still worked.  His solution for getting home was to drive the car in reverse  across the Liberty Bridge, through the Liberty Tunnels and out Saw Mill Run Blvd.  True story.  

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From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net> 
To: "Western PA Trolley discussion" <pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org> 
Sent: Thursday, September 5, 2013 8:09:24 AM 
Subject: Re: [PRCo] PRCo Deadly Streets 

As long as you're speaking of the Liberty Tunnels, here are two comparison 
photos. One is the South Portal in 1932 and the other is an artist 
rendering of how tthe South Portal will look in 2014 when the current 
renovation of the tunnels is complete. As for the sidewalk through the 
tunnel, it was removed in the last reconstruction in the 1970s. 


On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 8:48 AM, BobDietrich <bob.dietrich1 at verizon.net>wrote: 

> The south portal of the Liberty Tubes was rated so deadly because it was so 
> detrimental to the health of the guys who had to work there.  Can you 
> imagine breathing the exhaust of all those cars all day on top of the 
> normal 
> city pollution. 
> 
> This reminds me of a stunt I pulled that I'll bet none of you were dumb 
> enough to do - I rode my bike through the Tubes one day.  We'll I think I 
> walked it most of the way.  It was back when they still had a sidewalk 
> about 
> three feet above the roadway so I was not in the traffic.  It still scared 
> the crap out of me. 
> 
> Bob 
> 
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> Lattner, Raymond 
> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 11:12 AM 
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> Subject: [PRCo] PRCo Deadly Streets 
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> Any to add? 
> 
> http://www.brooklineconnection.com/history/Facts/Roads1930/DeadlyRoads.html 
> 
> 
> 
> Ray 
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Herb Brannon 
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