Las Cabañas Bridge | |
Location: | Spanning the Río de las Vacas on Highway 135, km 82.4 Barrios Capáez and Juan González, Adjuntas municipality Puerto Rico |
Map Label: | Las Cabañas Bridge |
Map Alt: | Locator map |
Area: | 235.2m2 |
Built: | 1919 |
Builder: | Félix Benítez Rexach |
Customarchitect Title: | Engineer |
Customarchitect: | Rafael Nones |
Added: | July 19, 1995 |
Refnum: | 95000838 |
Mpsub: | Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico MPS |
Nocat: | yes |
Designated Other1 Name: | Puerto Rico Historic Sites and Zones |
Designated Other1 Color: |
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Designated Other1 Abbr: | RNSZH |
Designated Other1 Date: | March 15, 2001 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Designated Other1 Number: | 2000-(RC)-22-JP-SH |
The Las Cabañas Bridge (Spanish; Castilian: Puente de Las Cabañas) is a historic highway bridge in Adjuntas municipality, Puerto Rico. Built in 1919 to provide access to a key coffee-producing region, it was financed by nearby plantations through public subscription. Designer Rafael Nones and builder Félix Benítez Rexach, two of the most prominent figures in Puerto Rican bridge construction in the early 20th century, used a unique combination of steel and concrete technologies to produce a girder design unlike any other on the island and possibly beyond.[1]
The bridge was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1995,[2] and to the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2001.[3]