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Skew Bridge

Berks County · dedicated 1951 · N. 6th St. at railroad bridge, near Woodward St., Reading

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.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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