Eugenio Maria de Hostos Ave., Ponce, Puerto Rico. County/parish: Ponce.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 06, 2015. NRIS 14001134.
Part of Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico MPS (NRIS 64500544).
1 contributing structure.Also known as:
The Puente Río Portugués is a historic bridge over the former course of the Río Portugués in barrio Playa in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. The bridge was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2015. The bridge is prominent as "the oldest longitudinal steel beams / reinforced concrete bridge built within the historic Carretera Central". It is located on Avenida Hostos, just south of its intersection with Ponce By Pass.
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