PR 14 over Rio Maton, Barrio Maton Abajo, Cayey, Puerto Rico. County/parish: Cayey.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 19, 1995. NRIS 95000841.
Part of Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico MPS (NRIS 64500544).
1 contributing structure.Also known as:
The Río Matón Bridge, in Matón Abajo, a barrio of Cayey, Puerto Rico, was built in 1886. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000.
It is a lateral solid web girder bridge spanning Río Matón. It was built as part of the Carretera Central. Its iron span was designed by Spanish engineer Manuel Lopez-Bayo and was brought from Europe. Its purchase cost was 11,105 francs.
It carries Highway 14, at km 63.2.
It has also been known as Bridge #1. Its designer was engineer, Manuel Lopez-Bayo. The bridge entered the NRHP because of its architecture and engineering and because it demonstrates an important time in the history of Puerto Rico.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/131518188