Memorial Bridge (Connellsville)

Memorial Bridge
Coordinates 40°01′N 79°36′W / 40.02°N 79.6°W / 40.02; -79.6Coordinates: 40°01′N 79°36′W / 40.02°N 79.6°W / 40.02; -79.6
Carries US 119
Crosses Youghiogheny River
Locale Connellsville, Pennsylvania
Characteristics
Design girder bridge
Total length 805 ft
Width 49 ft
History
Opened 1952

The Memorial Bridge is a structure that crosses the Youghiogheny River, connecting the eastern and western shores of Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA.

The bridge was constructed in 1952 as part of a new routing a U.S. Route 119 (US 119) on a four-lane highway around the city center. In 1982, the structure was rehabilitated as part of a decade long widening of the route through Fayette County, that included the creation of a freeway bypass in Uniontown, 12 miles (19 km) to the south. In 2009-10, the road was again reconstructed, this time to accommodate improved pedestrian pathways. The walkways were widened as part of a plan to connect the Great Allegheny Passage, the Washington, D.C. to Pittsburgh trail that runs just past the western bridge approach, to an extension of the small Coal & Coke Trail, which currently runs from Mount Pleasant to Scottdale, Pennsylvania.

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    Coordinates: 40°01′18″N 79°35′49″W / 40.02155°N 79.59693°W / 40.02155; -79.59693


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