Puente de Añasco explained

Puente de Añasco
Added:January 18, 2011
Mpsub:Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico MPS
Refnum:11000018

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

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.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2010-03-30. Reparan el histórico Puente de Añasco. 2021-12-08. Primera Hora. es.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico, c. 1840 - 1950 . National Park Service. Luis F. Pumarada O'Neill . July 31, 1994 . June 7, 2018.