George Westinghouse Memorial Bridge

USA / Pennsylvania / North Braddock /
 bridge, road bridge
Opened in 1932 to carry the Lincoln Highway US30 over the entrance to the Turtle Creek Valley, The bridge was a $1.75 million part of a $4.4 million Lincoln Highway re-routing project. This bridge provided a bypass to a dangerous, often congested portion of the important highway. Despite a 1925 bridge which helped straighten a sharp curve at the bottom of the Greensburg Pike hill entering Turtle Creek, the original route descended to the bottom of the valley, through the then busy town of Turtle Creek, past the Westinghouse Electric plant, and back up the other wall of the valley as it headed west toward Pittsburgh. This bridge cut nearly two miles and most of an hour out of the valley crossing.

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Coordinates:   40°23'32"N   79°50'8"W
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