The Río Matón Bridge, in Matón Abajo, a

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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 ...

, was built in 1886. It was listed on the

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in 1995 and on the

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in 2000. It is a lateral solid web

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spanning Río Matón. It was built as part of the Carretera Central. Its iron span was designed by Spanish engineer Manuel Lopez-Bayo and was brought from Europe. Its purchase cost was 11,105

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. It carries Highway 14, at km 63.2. It has also been known as Bridge #1. Its designer was engineer, Manuel Lopez-Bayo. The bridge entered the NRHP because of its architecture and engineering and because it demonstrates an important time in the history of Puerto Rico. With

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* Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico Bridges completed in 1886 1886 establishments in Puerto Rico National Register of Historic Places in Cayey, Puerto Rico Girder bridges in the United States {{PuertoRico-NRHP-stub