The Reading-Halls Station Bridge is an historic, American, Howe pony truss railroad bridge that is located in Muncy Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
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 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
History and notable features
editBuilt 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
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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
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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