N. 6th St. near Woodward St., Reading, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Berks.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 01, 1973. NRIS 73001590.
1 contributing structure.Also known as:
The Skew Arch Bridge in Reading, Pennsylvania, also known as the Askew Bridge and nicknamed the Soap and Whiskey Bridge, is an historic skew arch bridge that was completed in 1857. Its design enabled it to carry two tracks of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad (P&R) at an angle over Sixth Street in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
This bridge was acquired by Conrail after the P&R's demise in 1976 and was transferred to Norfolk Southern Railway in 1999.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997954