The Wintergreen Gorge Bridge is a , steel,
plate girder bridge
A plate girder bridge is a bridge supported by two or more plate girders.
Overview
In a plate girder bridge, the plate girders are typically I-beams made up from separate structural steel plates (rather than rolled as a single cross-section), ...
that carries
Pennsylvania Route 290 and the
Bayfront Connector over
Fourmile Creek and the
Wintergreen Gorge in
Harborcreek Township,
Erie County in the U.S. state of
Pennsylvania
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. It is both the second-longest and the second-highest bridge in Erie County, with the
Interstate 79 bridge in the city of
Erie
Erie (; ) is a city on the south shore of Lake Erie and the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. Erie is the fifth largest city in Pennsylvania and the largest city in Northwestern Pennsylvania with a population of 94,831 a ...
and the
Interstate 90 bridge over Sixmile Creek being the longest and the highest, respectively.
History
The Wintergreen Gorge Bridge was completed on November 1, 2003 and was opened to traffic on November 21, 2003. It cost $32 million to build. The bridge was designated the Sergeant Donald S. Oaks Memorial Bridge on June 29, 2006 by the
Pennsylvania General Assembly.
Recognition
The Wintergreen Gorge Bridge won the "Outstanding Major Bridge of 2003" award from the Association for Bridge Construction and Design.
The bridge also won the "Globe Award" from the
American Road and Transportation Builders Association and the
' "Trailblazer Award".
References
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Bridges completed in 2003
Steel bridges in the United States
Bridges in Erie County, Pennsylvania
Road bridges in Pennsylvania
Plate girder bridges in the United States