S Bridge (Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania)

S Bridge was a historic stone arch bridge located at Marion Township in Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was a multiple span 230-foot-long (70 m), stone arch bridge with three spans, constructed in 1919. It crossed Tulpehocken Creek.[2]

S Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
S Bridge, HAER Photo
Location	Legislative Route 06024 over Tulpehocken Creek west of Womelsdorf, Marion Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°22′24″N 76°13′6″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1919
Architectural style	Multi-span stone arch
MPS	Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR
NRHP reference No.	88000794[1]
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1988

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1] In 2001, the bridge was closed when one of the bridge walls began to separate from an arch.[3] After a decade of disuse, it was demolished and replaced with a concrete span in 2011.[4]

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. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes R. J. Fink (August 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: S Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-09-15.
3. Henshaw, Steven (May 31, 2001). "State Closes Stouchsburg Bridge". Reading Eagle.
4. Migdail-Smith, Liam; Negley, Erin (July 11, 2011). "Historic Marion Township bridge will yield to traffic". Reading Eagle.

External links

• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-450, "'S' Bridge, Spanning Tulpehocken Creek at State Route 3061, Stouchsburg, Berks County, PA", 6 photos, 9 data pages, 1 photo caption page