Puente de las Calabazas


Puente de las Calabazas
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Coamo, Puerto Rico
Built	1882
Architect	Eugene Rollin and Co.; Camprubí, Raimundo
Architectural style	Lattice girder
MPS	Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico MPS
NRHP Reference #	09000042^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 17, 2009

Puente de las Calabazas is a single-span lattice girder bridge near Coamo, Puerto Rico on the Carreterra Central that dates from 1882. It was designed by Ricardo (or Raimundo?) Camprubi and was fabricated by Eugen Rollin and Co., a Belgian firm that exported via Spain from Braine le Comte, Belgium. Prolific engineer Camprubí designed several single span lattice bridges in Puerto Rico. He also designed the first two-span lattice girder bridge in Puerto Rico, the Padre Inigo Bridge (in Coamo, No. 174), which is also NRHP-listed.^[1] All of these were part of the Carretera Central.^[2]^:13

It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2009.^[1]

References

1 2 3 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Luis F. Pumarada O'Neill (July 31, 1994). "Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico, c. 1840 - 1950" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-13.

External links

Summary sheet from the Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Office (Spanish)
Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico MPS, National Register of Historic Places cover documentation

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