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°WCoordinates: 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 | Other, Pony Howe Truss |
NRHP Reference # | 80003571[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 17, 1980 |
Reading-Halls Station Bridge is a historic pony Howe 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]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Tim Richey (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Reading-Halls Station Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-19.
External links
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-55, "Reading-Halls Station Bridge"
- Reading-Halls Station Bridge at Structurae
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