Puente de Añasco

The Puente de Añasco, also called Puente Salcedo,[2] is a bridge spanning between Añasco, Puerto Rico and Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1] It is located at Kilometer 146.1 of Highway 2.

The historic bridge in 2017
Puente de Añasco
Puente de Añasco is located in Puerto Rico
Puente de Añasco
LocationAñasco, Puerto Rico and Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Coordinates18.272599°N 67.161676°W / 18.272599; -67.161676
MPSHistoric Bridges of Puerto Rico MPS
NRHP reference No.11000018[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 18, 2011

It spans the boundary between the Añasco Arriba barrio in the municipality of Añasco and the Sabanetas barrio in the municipality of Mayagüez. The bridge bears a striking similarity to the Puente de Trujillo Alto, another Pennsylvania through truss bridge built during 1939–1941 in the Trujillo Alto municipality of Puerto Rico.

It may be Bridge No. 75 described in a review of historic bridges in Puerto Rico, which is a single span Pennsylvania through truss railroad bridge built over the Añasco River in 1944.[3]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "Reparan el histórico Puente de Añasco". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 2010-03-30. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
  3. Luis F. Pumarada O'Neill (July 31, 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico, c. 1840 - 1950" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved June 7, 2018.


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