A 131-year-old eastern Pennsylvania bridge might gain a new lease on life in a warmer climate.
The Reading Eagle reports that Berks County officials are considering a proposal to ship the Wiley's Road Bridge in Ontelaunee Township to Alabama.
Commissioner Kevin Barhardt said Alabama officials would use the truss span to provide access to a historic bridge that activists there want to save.
He told the Reading Area Transportation Study on Thursday that the plan isn't final, but it would save the bridge - even though people would "have to drive down to Alabama to see it."
Township supervisors last year turned down a deal in which the county would fix the span and turn it over to the township. The county then planned to demolish the bridge.
Local Bridge Could Be Shipped to Warmer Climate
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