Rio Puerco Bridge

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Rio Puerco Bridge
Rio Puerco Bridge.jpg
Photo in 2006 shows it is already out of service
Rio Puerco Bridge is located in New Mexico
Rio Puerco Bridge
Nearest cityAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Coordinates35°02′01″N 106°56′32″W / 35.0335°N 106.9421°W / 35.0335; -106.9421Coordinates: 35°02′01″N 106°56′32″W / 35.0335°N 106.9421°W / 35.0335; -106.9421
Arealess than one acre
Built1933
Built by; F.D. Shufflebarger
Architectural styleParker through truss bridge
MPSHistoric Highway Bridges of New Mexico MPS
NRHP reference No.97000735[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 15, 1997

The Rio Puerco Bridge is a Parker through truss bridge located on historic U.S. Route 66 (US 66) in western Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).[1]

Description[]

Photo in January 2012, showing sections

The bridge crosses the Rio Puerco and was built in 1933. It is located approximately 19 miles (31 km) west of Albuquerque.

It was built to carry a past alignment of US 66 over the Rio Puerco, and in 1997 carried a frontage road for Interstate 40 (I-40).[2] It no longer carries traffic, and has been bypassed by a different frontage road bridge.[3]

The single-span Parker through truss steel bridge was fabricated by the and built by F.D. Shufflebarger in 1933. Its substructure includes two concrete piers and massive concrete abutments set upon timber pilings. The total bridge length is 330 feet (100 m), including the 250 feet (76 m) span, which has ten 25 feet (7.6 m) panels, and two 40 feet (12 m) approaches.[2]

It is located 40 yards (37 m) north of the I-40, about 8.9 miles (14.3 km) west of I-40 westernmost exit at Albuquerque.[2]

The bridge was added to the NRHP July 15, 1997.[1]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Kammer, David (December 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rio Puerco Bridge / NMSHTD #2530". National Park Service. Retrieved October 29, 2018. With accompanying three photos from 1984
  3. ^ Google (October 7, 2021). "Rio Puerco Bridge" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 7, 2021. (as well as by 2006 and 2012 photos)

External links[]

Media related to Rio Puerco Bridge at Wikimedia Commons




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