{"id":171517,"date":"2026-04-21T05:05:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T05:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/171517\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T05:05:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T05:05:20","slug":"railroad-trestle-painting-project-to-begin-next-week-in-west-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/171517\/","title":{"rendered":"Railroad trestle painting project to begin next week in West Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The gateway into West Reading is set to receive a makeover as improvements begin on a prominent railroad bridge in the borough.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Borough of West Reading, the Norfolk Southern railroad bridge located at Penn Avenue and Second Avenue will be power-washed and repainted beginning Monday, April 27, 2026, at 8:00 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said motorists should use caution while traveling through the work zone. Lane closures and delays are expected from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, in both directions along Penn Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>The project is expected to take approximately two weeks to complete, weather permitting.<\/p>\n<p>Funding for the work is being provided through the Commonwealth Financing Authority Local Share Account grant program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The gateway into West Reading is set to receive a makeover as improvements begin on a prominent railroad&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171518,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-171517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}