Lindbergh Viaduct

Lindbergh Viaduct
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Lindbergh Viaduct in Reading, Pennsylvania, April 2011
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Location	US 422/Mineral Spring Rd. over Mineral Spring Creek, Reading, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°19′52″N75°54′0″W / 40.33111°N 75.90000°W / 40.33111; -75.90000
Area	1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built	1927
Built by	Whittaker & Diehl
Architectural style	Open-spandrel arch
MPS	Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR
NRHP reference No.	88000792 [1]
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1988

The Lindbergh Viaduct is an historic, American concrete arch bridge that is located in Reading in Berks County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. ^[1]

It has since been renamed in honor of PFC Lawrence Deisher on August 7, 2025 in a renaming ceremony held on the bridge.

History and architectural features

This historic structure is an 866-foot-long (264 m), open-spandrel concrete arch bridge with thirteen spans. It was built in 1927, and crosses Mineral Spring Creek. Provisionally known as the Mineral Springs Road Viaduct, its name was changed to Lindbergh Viaduct on June 15, 1927 when the Reading City Council dedicated the bridge in honor of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh, who had completed his solo transatlantic flight that year. ^[2]

There are five main spans, each 83-foot-long (25 m), and eight secondary spans. ^[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "The Lindbergh Viaduct". Goreadingberks.com. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
3. R. J. Fink (n.d.). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania MPS Lindbergh Viaduct. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 9, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)