The Reading Viaduct is an abandoned train viaduct in the Callowhill neighborhood of Philadelphia.
Built in the 1890s, the Reading Viaduct is an abandoned train viaduct that formerly connected the Reading Terminal in Market East to a SEPTA line north of the city and additionally branched off to form a connection between the Terminal and Reading, Pennsylvania. The Viaduct is about a mile long, extending from Vine Street to Fairmount Avenue. Service began in 1893 and ceased in 1984. In 2003, the Reading Viaduct Project formed to promote their concept of turning the Viaduct into a linear park. Today the Viaduct is populated with trees and grasses and continues under the ownership of the Reading International Inc, descendant of the Reading Railroad.
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