Lindbergh Viaduct

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Lindbergh Viaduct
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Lindbergh Viaduct in Reading, Pennsylvania, April 2011
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LocationUS 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
Area1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built1927
Built byWhittaker & Diehl
Architectural styleOpen-spandrel arch
MPS Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR
NRHP reference No. 88000792 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 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]

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]

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

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "The Lindbergh Viaduct". Goreadingberks.com. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  3. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System.Note: This includes R. J. Fink (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lindbergh Viaduct" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-09-15.