Barto Bridge

Barto Bridge

Barto Bridge. July 2013.
Location Legislative Route 284 over a tributary of Perkiomen Creek near Bally, Washington Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°23′46″N 75°36′31″W / 40.39611°N 75.60861°W / 40.39611; -75.60861Coordinates: 40°23′46″N 75°36′31″W / 40.39611°N 75.60861°W / 40.39611; -75.60861
Area less than one acre
Built 1908
Built by Davis, N.M.; Willauer & Co.
Architectural style Other, Single span barrel arch
MPS Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR
NRHP Reference # 88000790[1]
Added to NRHP June 22, 1988

Barto Bridge is a historic concrete arch bridge located at Washington Township in Berks County, Pennsylvania. It is a single span 82-foot-long (25 m), concrete barrel arch bridge, constructed in 1908. It crosses a tributary of Perkiomen Creek.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes R. J. Baransky (July 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Barto Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-09-15.


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