| Cayey Bridge | |
| Nearest City: | Guayama, Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates: | 18.0025°N -66.1153°W |
| Built: | 1891 |
| Builder: | Nicrisse & Decluve |
| Architecture: | iron lateral lattice girder |
| Added: | July 19, 1995 |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Mpsub: | Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico MPS |
| Refnum: | 95000845 |
| Designated Other1 Name: | Puerto Rico Historic Sites and Zones |
| Designated Other1 Color: |
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| Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
| Designated Other1 Number: | 2001-(RS)-23-JP-SH |
| Designated Other1 Abbr: | RNSZH |
| Designated Other1 Date: | May 16, 2001 |
The Cayey Bridge, also known as Puente de Cayey, is an iron lateral lattice girder bridge in Puerto Rico that was built in 1891. It brings Puerto Rico Highway 15 over the Guamaní River. Despite its name, its actually closer to the city of Guayama and not Cayey.
It is an extremely rare example of such a bridge in the United States or its territories. Puerto Rico has the only bridges in the United States, or its territories, built with this technology.[1]
The bridge was fabricated by the Belgian firm Nicrisse & Decluve. The girder bridge has two independent spans.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000.[2]