PR 9959 over Rio Canovanas, Barrios Pueblo and Canovanas, Canovanas, Puerto Rico. County/parish: Canovanas.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 19, 1995. NRIS 95000835.
Part of Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico MPS (NRIS 64500544).
1 contributing structure.Also known as:
The Villarán Bridge (Spanish: Puente Villarán), also known as the Canóvanas Bridge, is a historic bridge over the Canóvanas River in Canóvanas, Puerto Rico. Built in 1892 on the highway between Río Piedras and Río Grande, its iron superstructure was imported from Europe and set on masonry abutments. It is the best-preserved example of an Eiffel pony truss bridge in Puerto Rico or the United States. By 1994, the bridge had been replaced by an adjacent span for vehicular use, but it remained open for pedestrian use.
The bridge was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1995 and to the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/131518179