ONTELAUNEE TOWNSHIP, Pa – The graffiti bridge is somewhat of a roadside attraction for visitors.<\/p>\n
\u201cA little local spot that maybe is not as well known. We came across it this morning and saw it was covered in graffiti,” said Paul Reeves<\/p>\n
Some may call it vandalism while others see art, and the memory of lost loved ones.<\/p>\n
“We lost both of our brothers a couple years ago, and they were really big on tagging and graffiti and stuff. So, being here it makes us feel a little closer to them at that moment,” Reeves said.<\/p>\n
However you may relate to this bridge near Lake Ontelaunee, its days are numbered.<\/p>\n
“It breaks my heart,” Reeves said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s such a strong expression of art. In my opinion, a release for the younger generation to just get it out,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The bridge was built by the city of Reading Water Bureau in 1927. It’s currently owned by PennDOT, and had been closed for 30 years due to deterioration.<\/p>\n
Now its fate is destined to be similar to another oddity.<\/p>\n
“We tried yesterday to check out Centralia and the old highway,” Reeves said.<\/p>\n
“It’s definitely something I want to see again, and unfortunately I’m not gonna be able to,\u201d Reeves added.<\/p>\n
Centralia\u2019s Graffiti Highway was covered in 2020.<\/p>\n
A definitive date for Berks’ graffiti bridge dismantling has not yet been announced, but the Reading Area Water Authority says it should be within the next five years.<\/p>\n
“We just love this. It’s a shame it’s going to be lost in the near future, I guess,” said Laurie Harrington.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ONTELAUNEE TOWNSHIP, Pa – The graffiti bridge is somewhat of a roadside attraction for visitors. \u201cA little local…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274269,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[6889,115304,40777,115301,115302,3431,24450,128,130,129,115303,709],"class_list":["post-274268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-art","tag-centralia-graffiti-highway","tag-demolition","tag-graffiti-bridge","tag-ontelaunee","tag-penndot","tag-reading-area-water-authority","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-roadside-attraction","tag-vandalism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274268","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=274268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}