2 mi. (3.2 km) W of Fort Sumner over Pecos River, Fort Sumner, New Mexico. County/parish: De Baca.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 21, 1979. NRIS 79001539.
1 contributing structure.
The Fort Sumner Railroad Bridge, over the Pecos River 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Fort Sumner, New Mexico, was built in 1905. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
It is a plate-girder design bridge, 1,500 feet (460 m) in length, built by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. It consists of fifteen 100 feet (30 m) Class AA Deck Plate Girders supported by 14 concrete piers and two concrete winged abutments. It rises 77 feet (23 m).
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77847229