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Mon–Fayette Expressway Bridge

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Bridge in Luzerne Township and Centerville
Mon–Fayette Expressway Bridge
Coordinates40°00′16″N 79°55′57″W / 40.00438°N 79.93238°W / 40.00438; -79.93238
Carries4 lanes of PA Turnpike 43
CrossesMonongahela River
LocaleLuzerne Township and Centerville
Official namePFC Ronald C. "Smokey" Bakewell Bridge
Characteristics
DesignGirder bridge
Total length3,022 feet (921 m)
Clearance below200 feet (61 m)
History
OpenedJuly 6, 2013
Location

The Mon–Fayette Expressway Bridge, officially known as the PFC Ronald C. "Smokey" Bakewell Bridge, is a high-level, girder bridge that carries vehicular traffic across the Monongahela River between Luzerne Township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania and Centerville in Washington County, Pennsylvania.

History and notable features

The bridge was opened on July 6, 2012 and completed the southern section of Pennsylvania Route 43, more commonly known as the Mon–Fayette Expressway. Motorists can now travel via freeway for fifty-eight miles (93 km) between Morgantown, West Virginia and the Pittsburgh suburb of Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania. The cost of the bridge project was $96 million.

The total length of the bridge is 3,022 feet; 51,000 cubic yards of concrete were used to create the structure.

In 2013, the Pennsylvania Legislature voted to name the bridge for Private First Class Ronald C. "Smokey" Bakewell, a local serviceman who was killed during the Vietnam War. Bakewell lived within a half of a mile of where the bridge stands today. He was a member of Charlie Troop, First Battalion, Fifth Regiment, of the First Air Cavalry.

See also

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-06-11. Retrieved 2013-06-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Pfc. Ronald "Smokey" Bakewell Memorial Bridge". Wikimapia.org. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  3. "New Mon-Fayette bridge to honor soldier killed in Vietnam". Observer-Reporter. 2013-04-09. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
Bridges of the Monongahela River
Upstream
Fredericktown Ferry
 Mon–Fayette Expressway Bridge
 Downstream
Maxwell Lock & Dam
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