Carbolic Smoke Ball: BIRMINGHAM BRIDGE DEMOLISHED, DUMPED IN FRANK CURTO PARK

BIRMINGHAM BRIDGE DEMOLISHED, DUMPED IN FRANK CURTO PARK

PITTSBURGH -PennDOT demolished the Birmingham Bridge last night, and its mangled remnants were dumped in Frank Curto Park on Bigelow Boulevard.

PennDOT admits it is hoping passersby will think the crumbled mass of steel in the park is a sculpture.

ABOUT CARBOLIC SMOKE BALL

“One of America’s great web sites.” Brian O'Neill, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“The city’s equivalent of The Onion.” New York Times

“Carbolic Smoke Ball's rise to greatness is a tale as old as time -- which, according to Sarah Palin, is only about 6,000 years.” Randy Baumann, WDVE-102.5, Pittsburgh

“This stuff is better than The Onion.” Tony Norman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“They’re some of the world’s funniest men, and they deserve our attention.” Rick Sebak, PBS/WQED Multimedia

“One of Pittsburgh's most popular blogs, and it's gaining a growing national audience.”
Pittsburgh Magazine

“Nothing is sacred for the guys who run Carbolic Smoke Ball. Nothing.” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

How Carbolic started an urban legend. Snopes.com