Lindbergh Viaduct
Lindbergh Viaduct | |
![]() Lindbergh Viaduct, April 2011 | |
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Location | US 422/Mineral Spring Rd. over Mineral Spring Creek, Reading, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°19′52″N 75°54′0″W / 40.33111°N 75.90000°WCoordinates: 40°19′52″N 75°54′0″W / 40.33111°N 75.90000°W |
Area | 1.3 acres (0.53 ha) |
Built | 1927 |
Built by | Whittaker & Diehl |
Architectural style | Open-spandrel arch |
MPS | Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR |
NRHP reference No. | 88000792[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 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[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "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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Categories:
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Bridges completed in 1927
- Bridges in Berks County, Pennsylvania
- Road bridges in Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Reading, Pennsylvania
- Concrete bridges in the United States
- Open-spandrel deck arch bridges in the United States
- Berks County, Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs
- Pennsylvania bridge (structure) stubs