that's pretty cool. i hope they can make some use of it.
2010-08-10 18:49:11
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Plea saves bridge pier from demolition
From the Post Gazette
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10222/1078861-54.stm
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
By Vivian Nereim, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Just hours before a crew was scheduled to demolish a large stone pier in the Allegheny River, the head of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission stepped in Monday to save it, buying time for groups that hope to use the support to build a pedestrian path to Fourteen Mile Island.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10222/1078861-54.stm#ixzz0wDlMbfAH
2010-08-10 16:25:10
It's good to hear that they could save the one pier for a potential bridge to Fourteen Mile Island, but it's a shame more couldn't be save to allow for a full crossing there of the Allegheny River.
However, if the Hulton Bridge re-use project is successful, I suppose that might be a moot point.
Man, how I'm impatiently waiting for an Allegheny River Trail now...
2010-08-11 01:28:06
Man, how I'm impatiently waiting for an Allegheny River Trail now...
we're all so spoiled now. we went from no trails to one to three, and now we can't understand why there aren't more.
i love it!
2010-08-11 04:20:36