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Barto Bridge

Coordinates: 40°23′46″N 75°36′31″W / 40.39611°N 75.60861°W / 40.39611; -75.60861
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Barto Bridge
Barto Bridge. July 2013.
Barto Bridge is located in Pennsylvania
Barto Bridge
Barto Bridge is located in the United States
Barto Bridge
LocationLegislative Route 284 over a tributary of Perkiomen Creek near Bally, Washington Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°23′46″N 75°36′31″W / 40.39611°N 75.60861°W / 40.39611; -75.60861
Arealess than one acre
Built1908
Built byN.M. Davis; Willauer & Co.
Architectural styleSingle span barrel arch
MPSHighway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR
NRHP reference No.88000790[1]
Added to NRHPJune 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

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-09-15. Note: This includes R. J. Baransky (July 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Barto Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-09-15.