Reading-Halls Station Bridge
Appearance
Reading-Halls Station Bridge | |
![]() Reading-Halls Station Bridge, January 1984 | |
Location | Northwest of Muncy off U.S. Route 220, Muncy Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 41°14′9″N 76°49′58″W / 41.23583°N 76.83278°W |
Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
Built | 1846 |
Architectural style | Howe pony truss |
NRHP reference No. | 80003571[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 17, 1980 |
Reading-Halls Station Bridge is a historic Howe pony truss railroad bridge located at Muncy Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1846[2] by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, and is a single-span bridge measuring approximately 70 feet (21 m) long. It is the oldest bridge of its type still in operation in Pennsylvania.[3]
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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
It is likely that Richard B. Osborne, chief engineer for the railroad, designed and built the bridge.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Kemp, Emory L.; Anderson, Richard K., Jr. (1987). "The Reading-Halls Station Bridge". IA, The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology. 31 (1): 17–40. JSTOR 40968124.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Richey, Tim. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Reading-Halls Station Bridge" (PDF).
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Reading-Halls Station Bridge.
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-55, "Reading-Halls Station Bridge", 30 photos, 5 measured drawings, 42 data pages, 3 photo caption pages
- Reading-Halls Station Bridge at Structurae
Categories:
- Bridges completed in 1850
- Bridges in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
- Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
- Howe truss bridges in the United States
- National Register of Historic Places in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
- Railroad bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania