__NOTOC__ The Torréns Bridge () is a historic bridge over the Rosario River in Hormigueros municipality,

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. It was built in 1878 in a

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structure with

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s and transverse joists, a design unique in the later territory of the United States. It is named for Modesto Torréns Morales, mayor of Hormigueros from 1875 to 1879, during a period when the municipality advocated for improved transportation linkages from the settlement of Hormigueros to the rest of the island. Improvement of the difficult Rosario River crossing (''Paso de las Nieves'') on the road from the town to the main highway south of the river was seen as critical to economic development, especially after Hormigueros municipality separated from San Germán in 1874. In 1898 during the

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, the Torréns Bridge was captured by the

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to aid its advance during the Battle of Hormigueros and subsequent march on Mayagüez.. The bridge was added to the U.S.

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in 2000..

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from the Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Office {{DEFAULTSORT:Torrens Bridge Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico Lattice truss bridges Beam bridges in the United States Bridges completed in 1878 Hormigueros, Puerto Rico Spanish–American War 1878 establishments in Puerto Rico Girder bridges in the United States

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