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 by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, and is a single-span bridge measuring approximately long. It is the oldest bridge of its type still in operation in Pennsylvania.
diagonal elements in compression and narrow wrought-iron vertical ties in tension
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
It is likely that Richard B. Osborne, chief engineer for the railroad, designed and built the bridge.