Reading-Halls Station Bridge
Reading-Halls Station Bridge | |
 Reading-Halls Station Bridge, January 1984 | |
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| 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 |
The Reading-Halls Station Bridge is an historic, American, Howe pony truss railroad bridge that is located in Muncy Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
History and notable features[edit]
Built in 1846[2] by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, this historic structure is a single-span bridge that measures approximately 70 feet (21 m) long. It is the oldest bridge of its type still in operation in Pennsylvania.[3]
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[edit]
Gallery[edit]
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Truss construction with cast-iron diagonal elements in compression and narrow wrought-iron vertical ties in tension
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ 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[edit]
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
| Authority control databases: Geographic |
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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