The La Liendre Bridge, spanning Beatriz Creek, a tributary to the

Río de la Plata The Río de la Plata (; ), also called the River Plate or La Plata River in English, is the estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River at Punta Gorda, Colonia, Punta Gorda. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean and ...

, between

Cayey, Puerto Rico Cayey (), officially Cayey de Muesas, is a mountain Cayey barrio-pueblo, town and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality in central Puerto Rico located on the Sierra de Cayey within the Cordillera Central (Puerto Rico), Central Mountain rang ...

and

Cidra, Puerto Rico Cidra () is a Cidra barrio-pueblo, town and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality of Puerto Rico located in the central region of the island, north of Cayey, Puerto Rico, Cayey; south of Comerío, Puerto Rico, Comerío and Aguas Buenas, Pu ...

. It was built in 1877 and was listed on the

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in 1995, and on the

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in 2000. It is a rare type of bridge in the U.S. or its territories, one of a handful of lattice girder bridges imported from France and Belgium to Puerto Rico between 1877 and 1892. It has

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s with transverse joists. It was on the Carretera Central highway of Puerto Rico, between Cayey and Caguas. It is Bridge No. 467 mentioned in a review of historic bridges in Puerto Rico. It is a single-span long bridge. In 1994 it was still in use on Puerto Rico Highway 735, bringing it about fifty feet over the bed of Beatriz Creek. With

References

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