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Cayey Bridge

Historic bridge in Guayama municipality, Puerto Rico

United States historic place

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Cayey Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Puerto Rico Historic Sites and Zones

Bridge in 2017
18°0′9″N 66°6′55″W / 18.00250°N 66.11528°W / 18.00250; -66.11528
Area	less than one acre
Built	1891
Built by	Nicrisse & Decluve
Architectural style	iron lateral lattice girder
MPS	Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico MPS
NRHP reference No.	95000845^[1]
RNSZH No.	2001-(RS)-23-JP-SH
Added to NRHP	July 19, 1995
Designated RNSZH	May 16, 2001

The Cayey Bridge, also known as Puente de Cayey, is an iron lateral lattice girder bridge in Puerto Rico that was built in 1891. It brings Puerto Rico Highway 15 over the Guamaní River. Despite its name, its actually closer to the city of Guayama and not Cayey.

It is an extremely rare example of such a bridge in the United States or its territories. Puerto Rico has the only bridges in the United States, or its territories, built with this technology.^[2]

The bridge was fabricated by the Belgian firm Nicrisse & Decluve. The girder bridge has two independent spans.^[2]

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.^[3]^[1]

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References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Luis Pumarada O'Neill (July 31, 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Cayey Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved July 8, 2016. with four photos from 1989 and 1993
^ GOBIERNO DE PUERTO RICO, JUNTA DE PLANIFICACIÓN DE PUERTO RICO (December 7, 2022). "REGISTRO DE PROPIEDADES DESIGNADAS POR LA JUNTA DE PLANIFICACIÓN DE PUERTO RICO" (PDF). jp.pr.gov.