Mon-Fayette Expressway
Location
Brownsville, Pennsylvania
Owner
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Architect
Figg Engineers
Contract Value
$95,000,000
This project consisted of the construction of the Mon-Fayette Expressway which included a new highway; reconstruction of existing interchanges; reconstruction and realignment of multiple adjacent local roads, along with several other minor roads and driveway construction. The main element of this project is a 3,022-foot cast-in-place segmental bridge in mountainous terrain that carries the Mon-Fayette Expressway over the Monongahela River. The bridge includes a 518-foot main span consisting of dual-cell box girders. The seven-span structure has piers ranging in height from 100 feet to 206 feet and includes more than seven million pounds of reinforcing steel.
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The main element of this project is a 3,022-foot cast-in-place segmental bridge in mountainous terrain.