The Mingo Creek Viaduct, officially called the
Joe Montana Bridges, are a pair of twin
girder bridge
A girder bridge is a bridge that uses girders as the means of supporting its deck. The two most common types of modern steel girder bridges are plate and box.
The term "girder" is often used interchangeably with "beam" in reference to bridge de ...
s that carry
Pennsylvania Route 43 over the
Mingo Creek,
Pennsylvania Route 88
Pennsylvania Route 88 (PA 88) is a north–south state highway located in southwestern Pennsylvania. The southern terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 119 (US 119) in Point Marion less than from the Pennsylvania-West Virginia borde ...
, and the
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway between
Union Township and
Carroll Township, both of
Washington County,
Pennsylvania
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.
The bridges were completed in April 2002 with spans of and heights of , which makes them the highest bridges in the
Pennsylvania Turnpike system. The
Emlenton Bridge
The Emlenton Bridge is a steel-deck truss bridge that spans the Allegheny River just south of the town of Emlenton, Pennsylvania, United States at approximately mile marker 44.4 on I-80. With a height of above the river, the Emlenton Bridge was t ...
at is the only higher bridge in Pennsylvania.
The bridges are named after
Pro Football Hall of Fame
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NFL
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quarterback
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Joe Montana, who played for nearby
Ringgold High School.
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List of bridges in the United States by height
This is a list of the highest bridges in the United States by height over land or water. ''Height'' in this list refers to the distance from the bridge deck to the lowest point on the land, or the water surface, directly below. A bridge's deck he ...
References
Road bridges in Pennsylvania
Steel bridges in the United States
Girder bridges in the United States
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