Built 1882 NRHP Reference # 09000042 Added to NRHP 17 February 2009 | Architectural style Lattice girder Opened 1882 Nearest city Coamo | |
Architect Eugene Rollin and Co.; Camprubí, Raimundo MPS Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico MPS Similar Aguadilla Ice Skating Arena, Paseo Tablado La Guancha, Las Cascadas Water Park, Dr Juan A Rivero Zoo | ||
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. All of these were part of the Carretera Central.
It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
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