Memorial Bridge (Connellsville)

Memorial Bridge
Carries	U.S. 119
Crosses	Youghiogheny River
Locale	Connellsville, Pennsylvania
Design	girder bridge
Total length	805 ft
Width	49 ft
Opened	1952

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

The bridge was constructed in 1952 as part of a new routing a U.S. Route 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 to the south. In 2009-10, the road was again reconstructed, this time to accommodate improved pedestrial pathways. The walkways were widened as part of a future 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 Mt Pleasant to Scottdale, Pennsylvania.

References

News Article National Bridges