PR 135 over Rio Vaces, Barrios Capaez and Garza, Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. County/parish: Adjuntas.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 19, 1995. NRIS 95000838.
Part of Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico MPS (NRIS 64500544).
1 contributing structure.Also known as:
The Las Cabañas Bridge (Spanish: Puente de Las Cabañas) is a historic highway bridge spanning across the Pellejas River in Adjuntas municipality, Puerto Rico. Built in 1919 to provide access to a key coffee-producing region, it was financed by nearby plantations through public subscription. Designer Rafael Nones and builder Félix Benítez Rexach, two of the most prominent figures in Puerto Rican bridge construction in the early 20th century, used a unique combination of steel and concrete technologies to produce a girder design unlike any other on the island and possibly beyond.
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 2001.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/131518134