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	Río Hondo Bridge
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The bridge in the later part of the 20th century
	Río Hondo Bridge Location of the bridge in Puerto Rico
Location	Highway 156, km 26.9; Barrio Río Hondo; Comerío, Puerto Rico
Coordinates	18°12′31″N 66°14′35″W / 18.208715°N 66.243044°W
Area	92.7 m2 (998 sq ft)
Built	1881 (original construction); 1908 (installed at final site)
Engineer	Rafael Nones
Architectural style	Double Warren pony truss
MPS	Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico MPS
NRHP reference No.	95000842
Added to NRHP	July 19, 1995

The Hondo River Bridge ( Spanish: Puente del Río Hondo) was a historic bridge over the Hondo River in Comerío municipality, Puerto Rico. As of 1995, it was the oldest bridge truss in Puerto Rico, employing a double Warren pony truss design and unique open web transverse joists. It was originally installed in 1881 as one of three spans of the Reyes Católicos Bridge over the Plata River on the San Juan– Mayagüez road, using metal parts fabricated in Belgium. After a hurricane destroyed one of the other spans of the Reyes Católicos Bridge in 1899, this surviving span was moved and re-installed on new abutments under the supervision of engineer Rafael Nones in 1908, as part of the Comerío– Barranquitas road.^[1] It was finally removed and replaced in 2001.^[2]

The bridge was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1995.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Pumarada O'Neill, Luis (July 31, 1994), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Río Hondo Bridge (PDF), retrieved December 21, 2015.
^ "Puente Río Hondo", Bridgehunter.com, archived from the original on September 5, 2015, retrieved December 21, 2015.
^ National Park Service (July 28, 1995), Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 7/17/95 through 7/21/95 (PDF), retrieved December 21, 2015.

External links

Media related to Puente Río Hondo at Wikimedia Commons
Summary sheet from the Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Office (in Spanish)
National Register of Historic Places photographic file
Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico MPS, National Register of Historic Places cover documentation
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PR-44, " Puente Rio Hondo, Spanning Hondo River on PR Road 156", 21 photos, 4 measured drawings, 31 data pages, 3 photo caption pages

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[RHBNom-1] Pumarada O'Neill, Luis (July 31, 1994), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Río Hondo Bridge (PDF), retrieved December 21, 2015.

[2] "Puente Río Hondo", Bridgehunter.com, archived from the original on September 5, 2015, retrieved December 21, 2015.

[WkList-3] National Park Service (July 28, 1995), Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 7/17/95 through 7/21/95 (PDF), retrieved December 21, 2015.

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