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Reading-Halls Station Bridge
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Reading-Halls Station Bridge, January 1984
Reading-Halls Station Bridge is located in Pennsylvania
Reading-Halls Station Bridge
Location in Pennsylvania
Reading-Halls Station Bridge is located in the United States
Reading-Halls Station Bridge
Location in the United States
Location Northwest of Muncy off U.S. Route 220, Muncy Township, Pennsylvania
Area 0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built 1846
Architectural style Howe pony truss
NRHP reference No. 80003571
Added to NRHP January 17, 1980

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 70 feet (21 m) long. It is the oldest bridge of its type still in operation in Pennsylvania.

Credit JTL- Detail view, three panels of eastern truss from bridge deck - Reading-Halls Station Bridge, U.S. Route 220, spanning railroad near Halls Station, Muncy, Lycoming HAER PA,41-MUNC.V,1-11
Unusual truss construction, with cast-iron 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.

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