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Reading (/ ˈ r ɛ d ɪ ŋ / RED-ing; Pennsylvania German: Reddin) is a city in and the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.The city had a population of 95,112 at the 2020 census and is the fourth-most populous city in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Allentown.
The township is located in eastern Adams County and contains the settlements of Hampton and Lake Meade.According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 26.8 square miles (69.3 km 2), of which 26.3 square miles (68.2 km 2) is land and 0.42 square miles (1.1 km 2), or 1.60%, is water. [3]
Pennsylvania Route 183 Truck (PA 183 Truck) is a 1.6-mile-long (2.6 km) truck route of PA 183 that bypasses a low-clearance bridge under the Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad in Cressona. The truck route follows Wilder Street north and curves to the northwest out of Cressona into North Manheim Township.
The Office of Management and Budget [17] has designated Berks County as the Reading, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 2010 U.S. census [ 18 ] the metropolitan area is the 10th-most populous in Pennsylvania and the 128th-most populous in the U.S. with a population of 413,491.
The Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad (reporting mark RBMN), sometimes shortened to Reading and Northern Railroad, is a regional railroad in eastern Pennsylvania. With a headquarters in Port Clinton , the RBMN provides freight service on over 400 miles (640 km) of track.
The 126th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in Berks County and includes the following areas: [1]. Laureldale; Lower Alsace Township; Mount Penn; Muhlenberg Township
PA 724 westbound past its eastern terminus at PA 23 in East Pikeland Township. When routes were first legislated in Pennsylvania in 1911, what is now PA 724 was designated as part of Legislative Route 147 between east of Reading and North Coventry Township and as part of Legislative Route 201 between North Coventry Township and Phoenixville. [5]
PA 562 westbound in Amity Township. When routes were legislated in Pennsylvania in 1911, present-day PA 562 was not legislated as part of a route. [4] By 1926, the roadway between Yellow House and Boyertown was paved. [5] In 1927, PA 62 (later PA 100) was designated to follow Reading Avenue through Boyertown north of Farmington Avenue.