Puente No. 6 Explained

Puente No. 6, Caguas, Puerto Rico
Coordinates:18.2858°N -66.0431°W
Built:1856
Architecture:Brick Barrel Vault
Added:May 28, 2009
Area:less than one acre
Mpsub:Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico MPS
Refnum:09000361

Puente No. 6, in Caguas, Puerto Rico is a historic bridge which was built in 1856. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009 and is located at Puerto Rico Highway 798, Km. 1.0 in Río Cañas barrio.

It has also been known as Bridge #6, as Ponton La Concepcion, and as (La) Concepcion Bridge. It spans the Cañas River. It is a brick barrel vault bridge. It was built as part of the Río Piedras-Caguas highway program.[1] [2]

The image at right is from Our Islands and their People by Jose de Olivares, published in 1899 after the Spanish-American War.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=09000361}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Puente No. 6 / Bridge #6; Ponton La Concepcion; La Concepcion Bridge ]. National Park Service. May 17, 2019. With
  2. Web site: Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico MPS . . 2019-05-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121014225607/http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/64500544.pdf . 2012-10-14 . dead .