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Puente de las Calabazas

Coordinates: 18°05′17″N 66°18′48″W / 18.088056°N 66.313333°W / 18.088056; -66.313333
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Puente de las Calabazas
Puente de las Calabazas (Ca. 2014)
Puente de las Calabazas is located in Puerto Rico
Puente de las Calabazas
Nearest cityCoamo, Puerto Rico
Coordinates18°05′17″N 66°18′48″W / 18.088056°N 66.313333°W / 18.088056; -66.313333
Built1882
ArchitectEugene Rollin and Co.; Camprubí, Raimundo
Architectural styleLattice girder
MPSHistoric Bridges of Puerto Rico MPS
NRHP reference No.09000042[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 17, 2009

Puente de las Calabazas is a single-span lattice girder bridge over the Cuyón River near Coamo, Puerto Rico on the Carreterra Central that dates from 1882. It was designed by Ricardo (or Raimundo?) Camprubi and was fabricated by Eugen Rollin and Co., a Belgian firm that exported via Spain from Braine le Comte, Belgium. Prolific engineer Camprubí designed several single span lattice bridges in Puerto Rico. He also designed the first two-span lattice girder bridge in Puerto Rico, the Padre Inigo Bridge (in Coamo, No. 174), which is also NRHP-listed.[1] All of these were part of the Carretera Central.[2]: 13 

It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Luis F. Pumarada O'Neill (July 31, 1994). "Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico, c. 1840 - 1950". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
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