This project will construct safety fencing on the new Memorial Bridge trail extension from the Great Allegheny Passage into Connellsville. Volunteers will include one or two Eagle Scout projects.

The Youghiogheny River Trail Council and PennDot have entered into an agreement to extend a Bike/Hike trail across the Yough River to the North end of Connellsville for access to more amenities for trail users. This trail is incorporated into the bridge renovations approved by PennDot. The trail's responsibility is to install a safety fence on the embankment side of the trail to prevent users from a fall. This will provide an encased passage across the river on both sides of the highway for the users of the Great Allegheny Passage.

The grant from the Trail Volunteer Fund supports purchase of materials for the Scouts and other volunteers to construct a safety fence for the trail extension over the Memorial Bridge in Connellsville.

Grant awarded September 2010
Phase 1 completed November 2010

Photo courtesy of Yough River Trail Council
Fencing installed on one side

Photo courtesy of Yough River Trail Council
Location where safety fencing was needed

Photo courtesy of Yough River Trail Council
Location where safety fencing was needed

No worthy project with willing volunteers should founder for lack of tools or materials.

The Trail Volunteer Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation celebrates the efforts of the volunteers who are developing multi-use bicycle and walking trails by providing tools and materials they need for projects that develop and maintain the network of multiuse trails in western Pennsylvania and surrounding areas.

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