Greenwood Bridge - Great Allegheny Passage - Connellsville, Pennsylvania
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member outdoorboy34
N 40° 00.013 W 079° 36.009
17T E 619492 N 4428718
This is one of two railroad bridges located within three-tenths of a mile in Dunbar Township (1-1/2 Miles from) Connellsville, in Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Waymark Code: WME035
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 03/15/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member CM-14
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Greenwood Bridge - Great Allegheny Passage - near Connellsville, Pennsylvania



This plate-girder bridge, built on a third-degree curve is one of two railroad bridges in Dunbar Township built by the Western Maryland Railroad, this one being called 252.9 (Miles from Baltimore, MD) between 1910-12 as part of the Connellsville Extension. This bridge is 731.5 feet long and goes under a salvage yard and another former railroad.

This bridge and the Bowest Bridge, three-tenths further southeast, was rehabilitated when this trail was constructed in 1994 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for $827,000.00.

Trail Name: Great Allegheny Passage

Approximate Length of Bridge: 731

Obstacle: Salvage Yard, Abandoned RR

Trail Type: Earthen/Packed Dirt
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