Memorial Bridge (Connellsville)

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

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.

See also

• Pennsylvania portal
• List of crossings of the Youghiogheny River

External links

• "Two years of traffic delays at Memorial Bridge nearing end", Herald Standard, 8 November 2010
• National Bridges