PA Turnpike over Turtle Creek - Bridges and Tunnels of Allegheny County and Pittsburgh, PA

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OFFICIAL NAME:
WB-466; MP 58.95

PENNDOT BMS NUMBER:
027076990058950

OTHER DESIGNATION:
PA Turnpike over Turtle Creek

LOCATION:
Monroeville (Allegheny County) - Penn Twp. (Westmoreland County)

LATITUDE, LONGITUDE:
40.408811, -79.722215

USGS 7.5" Topo Quad - UTM Coordinates:
Murrysville - Zone 17; 0608 4473

CARRIES:
-- PA Turnpike [I-76], 4 lanes

BETWEEN:
-- MP 58.95

CROSSES:
-- Turtle Creek

TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION / DESIGN:
deck steel continuous stringer

LENGTH OF MAIN SPAN:
3 spans: 65 ft, 86 ft over Turtle Creek, 65 ft (all spans est)

TOTAL LENGTH (including longest elevated ramp):
216 ft

HEIGHT OF DECK:
82 ft width

YEAR ERECTED / ENGINEER:
1951, Buchart Horn engineers for Western Extension
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Rehab and widened 1992

ADDITIONAL INFO:
Turtle Creek forms the border between Allegheny and Westmoreland counties. Before construction of the Turnpike, this was the site of a railraod bridge carrying the Lyons Run branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Cut stone from the earlier bridge are still present, scattered in the nearby stream.

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Page created: 10-Aug-2009
Last modified: 25-Oct-2009

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