{"id":172340,"date":"2026-04-22T00:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/172340\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T00:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:33:10","slug":"expect-lane-closures-delays-next-week-when-norfolk-southern-railroad-overhead-bridge-project-in-berks-begins-next-week-reading-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/172340\/","title":{"rendered":"Expect lane closures, delays next week when Norfolk Southern railroad overhead bridge project in Berks begins next week | Reading Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WEST READING, Pa. &#8211; A bridge that serves as the gateway into West Reading is getting a makeover, the borough said on its website.<\/p>\n<p>The Norfolk Southern railroad overhead bridge at Penn Avenue and Second Avenue is scheduled to be power-washed and repainted beginning Monday, April 27, at 8 a.m., the borough said.<\/p>\n<p>The borough asks that drivers use caution driving through the work zone. The borough said drivers can expect lane closures and delays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Friday, in both the east and west directions.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"The Norfolk Southern railroad overhead bridge\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/69e7b62dc4e61.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                    WFMZ-TV | Jace Codi<\/p>\n<p>The duration of the project is two weeks, weather permitting, according to the borough.<\/p>\n<p>The borough said project costs are grant-funded through the Commonwealth Financing Authority Local Share Account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WEST READING, Pa. &#8211; A bridge that serves as the gateway into West Reading is getting a makeover,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[31540,34390,59143,1184,128,130,129,23871,707],"class_list":{"0":"post-172340","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reading","8":"tag-bridge-project","9":"tag-commonwealth-financing-authority","10":"tag-lane-closures","11":"tag-norfolk-southern","12":"tag-reading-city","13":"tag-reading-city-headlines","14":"tag-reading-city-news","15":"tag-traffic-delays","16":"tag-west-reading"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172340","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=172340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}