Reading in Berks County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Skew Bridge

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 14, 2015

1. Skew Bridge Marker

Inscription. Regarded best example of skew bridge in U.S. Designed by Richard Osborn for the P & R Railroad in 1857. Each course of the arch of 40 feet is laid in ellipsoidal curve, each stone properly curved. There is no keystone.

Erected 1951 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Bridges & Viaducts • Railroads & Streetcars. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1857.

Location. 40° 20.559′ N, 75° 55.543′ W. Marker is in Reading, Pennsylvania, in Berks County. It is on North 6th Street at railroad bridge. The marker is near Woodward Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Reading PA 19601, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Civil War Cannon (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Wallace Stevens (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Wallace Stevens (approx. 0.2 miles away); Major General David McMurtie Gregg (approx. 0.3 miles away); General David McMurtie Gregg (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named General David McMurtie Gregg

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(approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named General David McMurtie Gregg (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named General David McMurtie Gregg (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Reading.

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 14, 2015

2. Skew Bridge

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 14, 2015

3. Skew Bridge

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on June 19, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 722 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 19, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.