Las Cabañas Bridge Explained

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:
  1. fa7070
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]

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  3. Web site: GOBIERNO DE PUERTO RICO . JUNTA DE PLANIFICACIÓN DE PUERTO RICO . December 7, 2022 . REGISTRO DE PROPIEDADES DESIGNADAS POR LA JUNTA DE PLANIFICACIÓN DE PUERTO RICO . jp.pr.gov.