Reading-Halls Station Bridge

Reading-Halls Station Bridge is a historic Howe pony 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]

Unusual truss construction, with cast-iron diagonal elements in compression and narrow wrought-iron vertical ties in tension

Reading-Halls Station Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Reading-Halls Station Bridge, January 1984
Location	Northwest of Muncy off U.S. Route 220, Muncy Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	41°14′9″N 76°49′58″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]

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

See also

• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania

References

1. "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. "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

• 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