Lindbergh Viaduct

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Lindbergh Viaduct
Lindburgh Bridge Reading PA.jpg
Lindbergh Viaduct, April 2011
Lindbergh Viaduct is located in Pennsylvania
Lindbergh Viaduct
LocationUS 422/Mineral Spring Rd. over Mineral Spring Creek, Reading, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°19′52″N 75°54′0″W / 40.33111°N 75.90000°W / 40.33111; -75.90000Coordinates: 40°19′52″N 75°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
MPSHighway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR
NRHP reference No.88000792[1]
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1988

Lindbergh Viaduct is a historic concrete arch bridge located at Reading in Berks County, Pennsylvania. It is a multiple span 866-foot-long (264 m), open-spandrel concrete arch bridge with 13 spans, constructed in 1927. There are five main spans, each 83-foot-long (25 m), and eight secondary spans. It crosses Mineral Spring Creek.[2]

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

References[]

  1. ^ a b "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 (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lindbergh Viaduct" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-09-15.


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