Reading-Halls Station Bridge

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Reading-Halls Station Bridge
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Reading-Halls Station Bridge, January 1984
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LocationNorthwest of Muncy off U.S. Route 220, Muncy Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 41°14′9″N76°49′58″W / 41.23583°N 76.83278°W / 41.23583; -76.83278
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1846
Architectural style Howe pony truss
NRHP reference No. 80003571 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 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.

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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]

History and notable features

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. It is likely that Richard B. Osborne, chief engineer for the railroad, designed and built the bridge. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Tom Richey (n.d.). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Reading-Halls Station Bridge. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 27, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
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