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Penn Street Bridge (Old)
Photos
Reading circa 1908
Old Postcard View
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BH Photo #374822
Description
The pedimented portals and design of the knee bracing suggest Morse as a possible fabricator.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Schuykill River on Penn Street
- Location
- Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1885; replaced 1913
- Design
- (3) 11-panel, pinned Whipple through trusses
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.33544, -75.93747 (decimal degrees)
40°20'08" N, 75°56'15" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/420370/4465410 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Reading
- Inventory number
- BH 74980 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 21, 2019: Updated by Tony Dillon: Changed from Pratt to Whipple truss
- December 30, 2018: New photo from Art Suckewer
- January 14, 2018: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
- April 20, 2017: Updated by Luke: Added build/loss dates
- January 21, 2017: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
- December 30, 2016: Added by Dana and Kay Klein
What was the address of the toll house back in the day. My dad says it was way up at 410 Penn ave. (chicken Supreme). I think that is incorrect as it is about a mile from the bridge.