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OFFICIAL NAME:
WB-416; MP 37.89
Willow Run Viaduct

PENNDOT BMS NUMBER:
027076990037890

OTHER DESIGNATION:
Willow Run Viaduct - PA Turnpike over Willow Run

LOCATION:
Hampton Twp.

LATITUDE, LONGITUDE:
40.612861, -79.968624

USGS 7.5" Topo Quad - UTM Coordinates:
Glenshaw - Zone 17; 0576 4501
CARRIES:
-- PA Turnpike [I-76], 4 lanes

BETWEEN:
-- MP 37.89

CROSSES (west to east):
-- Willow Run
-- CSX RR [former B&O RR], 1 track
-- Gibson Rd [T-983], 2 lanes


TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION / DESIGN:
deck steel girder, widened 1994 with additional piers


LENGTH OF MAIN SPAN:
7 spans
106 ft (west), 104 ft over Willow Run, 82 ft, 103 ft over CSX RR, 83 ft over Gibson Rd, 106 ft (east), 7 ft approach (all lengths est)

TOTAL LENGTH (including longest elevated ramp):
591 ft

HEIGHT OF DECK:
58 ft clearance; 85 ft width

YEAR ERECTED / ENGINEER:
1951, Buchart Horn engineers for Western Extension
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Rehab 1994
ADDITIONAL INFO:



FIELD CHECKED:
24-Jul-2009

INFO SOURCES:
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Last modified: 10-Aug-2009

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