PR 735 over Rio de la Plata, Barrios Montellano and Arenas, Cayey, Puerto Rico. County/parish: Cayey.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 19, 1995. NRIS 95000843.
Part of Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico MPS (NRIS 64500544).
1 contributing structure.Also known as:
The Arenas Bridge is a truss bridge built in 1894 between the municipalities of Cayey and Cidra in Puerto Rico. Also known as Puente Rio La Plata, it was the longest bridge constructed in Puerto Rico during the Spanish colonial period. It crosses the Rio de la Plata, the longest river in Puerto Rico. According to the U.S. National Park Service, "[t]his is the most important metal bridge in Puerto Rico from the period." The bridge is still standing.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/131518184