Philadelphia & Reading Rail Road
1833-1896
View Exhibit mapForced to reorganize after the Panic of 1893 under suspicion of being a monopoly as well as Archibald A. McLeod's failure to turn the P&R into a major trunk line.
CSX - Rock Brook Stone Arch (Somerset County, New Jersey)
Built 1876; Widened 1912Stone arch bridge over Rock Brook on CSX RailroadOpen to traffic
High Bridge Covered Bridge (Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania)
Built around 1854 by the Dauphin & Susquehanna Railroad; Dismantled in 1949Lost Deck truss bridge over Mill Creek on Schuylkill & Susquehanna RailroadNo longer exists
NS - East Neversink Road Arch (Berks County, Pennsylvania)
Built ?; Extended with concrete 1923Stone arch over East Neversink road on Norfolk SouthernOpen to traffic
NS - Gibraltar Road Overpass (Berks County, Pennsylvania)
Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Gibraltar Road on Reading Railroad (NS)Open to traffic
NS - Mill Creek Bridge (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania)
Rebuilt in 1917Stone arch bridge over Mill Creek and Mill Creek Road on NS RROpen to traffic
NS - Sanatoga Creek Bridge (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania)
Stone arch bridge over Linfield Rd & Sanatoga Creek on Former Reading RR now Norfolk Southern RROpen to traffic
Port Trevorton Railroad Bridge (Snyder County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1853-55 to connect coal mines on east side of river with Pennsylvania Canal on west side; abandoned August 1870 and later demolishedLost Long through truss bridge over Susquehanna River on Trevorton, Mahanoy & Susquehanna RailroadRemoved
RDG - Sunbury Bridge (Old) (Northumberland County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1883 by Phila. & Reading subsidiary Shamokin, Sunbury & Lewisburg; Replaced by plate girder bridge ca. 1917.Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Susquehanna River on Reading RailroadSuperstructure replaced
Reading - Ringtown Viaduct (1835) (Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1835-1838; Replaced 1898Lost Bridge over Little Catawissa Creek; Trexler Run on Catawissa RailroadReplaced by a new bridge
Reading - Sacony Creek Covered Bridge (Berks County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1874; Replaced 1909Lost Through truss bridge over Sacony Creek on Philadelphia & Reading RailroadRemoved but not replaced
Scarlets Mill Bridge (Berks County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1881; moved here between 1907 and 1935.Bowstring pony truss bridge on the Horse-Shoe Trail in Scarlets Mill.Open to pedestrians only
Tank Farm Road Bridge (Lehigh County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1881; Removed 1994; Held in storage and to be used on trailForeman pony truss bridge formerly over Reading Railroad on Tank Farm RoadRemoved, not replaced, in storage