Mingo Creek Viaduct

Mingo Creek Viaduct
Coordinates	40°12′28″N 79°59′05″W / 40.2079°N 79.9847°W / 40.2079; -79.9847Coordinates: 40°12′28″N 79°59′05″W / 40.2079°N 79.9847°W / 40.2079; -79.9847
Carries	4 lanes of Pennsylvania Route 43
Crosses	Mingo Creek
Locale	Union Township, Carroll Township, and Nottingham Township
Official name	Joe Montana Bridges
Characteristics
Design	Girder bridge
Total length	2,400 feet (730 m)
Height	260 feet (79 m)
History
Opened	April 2002

The Mingo Creek Viaduct, officially called the Joe Montana Bridges, are a pair of twin girder bridges that carry Pennsylvania Route 43 over the Mingo Creek, Pennsylvania Route 88, and the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway between Union Township and Carroll Township, both of Washington County, Pennsylvania.

The bridge was completed in April 2002. It spans 2,400 feet in length, and has a height of approximately 260 feet, making it the highest bridge in the Pennsylvania Turnpike system and the second-highest bridge in Pennsylvania (after the Emlenton Bridge at 270 feet).^[1]

The bridge is named after Pro Football Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Joe Montana, who played for nearby Ringgold High School.^[2]

References

↑ "The Mingo Creek Viaduct (Joe Montana Bridges)" (PDF). Modern Steel Construction.
↑ http://www.paturnpike.com/newsletters/fall99/page03.htm

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission

Completed highways	Mainline Turnpike (I-70, I-76, I-276) Northeast Extension (I-476) James E. Ross Highway (I-376) Amos K. Hutchinson Bypass (Turnpike 66)

Partially-completed highways	I-95 Connector Mon–Fayette Expressway (Turnpike 43) Southern Beltway (Turnpike 576)

Tunnels and bridges	Allegheny Mountain Tunnel Allegheny River Bridge Beaver River Bridge Blue Mountain Tunnel Delaware River Bridge Diamond Run Viaduct Kittatinny Mountain Tunnel Lehigh Tunnel Mingo Creek Viaduct Mon–Fayette Expressway Bridge Schuylkill River Bridge Susquehanna River Bridge Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel

Aborted expansion plans	Chester Extension Erie Extension Gettysburg Extension Keystone Shortway Northwest & Southwest Extension Philadelphia Loop Extension Scranton Extension

Historical structures	Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike Laurel Hill Tunnel Negro Mountain Tunnel Quemahoning Tunnel Rays Hill Tunnel Sideling Hill Tunnel South Pennsylvania Railroad

Tolling systems	E-ZPass

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