The Fifth Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge Robert S. Mayo, C. E. Until November 11, 1930, all the main line traffic of U.S. 30, the Lincoln Highway, crossed the Susquehanna on a bridge of the Pennsylvania Railroad. This was a single-track bridge, the ties of which were covered with wood planks to give

The Reading and Columbia Railroad John D. Denney, Jr. One hundred years ago, on March 15, 1864, the first train ran from Columbia to Reading over the newly-built Reading and Columbia Rail- road. At its height, the world of the Reading and Columbia extended from Sinking Springs on the North to