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Bridge No. 122
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Puerto Rico Historic Sites and Zones
Location of Bridge No. 122 in Puerto Rico
Location	Highway 3, km 9 Barrios Río and Húcares Naguabo municipality Puerto Rico
Coordinates	18°11′18″N 65°43′30″W / 18.188386°N 65.725108°W / 18.188386; -65.725108
Built	1918, 1967
Built by	Félix Benítez Rexach
Architect	Rafael Nones
MPS	Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico MPS
NRHP reference No.	95000836
RNSZH No.	2000-(RE)-18-JP-SH
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	July 19, 1995
Designated RNSZH	May 16, 2001

Bridge No. 122, spanning the Santiago River near Naguabo, Puerto Rico, is significant as "one of the earliest and most elegant examples of concrete beam bridges in Puerto Rico". Built in 1918, it was "futuristic" for its time and has noteworthy architectural detail relative to others. It was designed by Rafael Nones and built by Felix Benitez-Rexach, both engineers, both regarded as masters in their work. Its construction was financed by Puerto Rico's second public bond issue for public works, in 1916, which raised $2 million.

The bridge was modified in 1967 but remains the best-preserved example of its type in Puerto Rico.

The bridge has a 7.1-metre (23 ft) span, a total length of 64 metres (210 ft), and a roadway width of 8.5 metres (28 ft).

It was identified as historically important in a review of Puerto Rico's 640 pre-1945 bridges in 1994, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2003.

See also

• Las Cabanas Bridge, another joint work of Nones and Benitez-Rexach

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. ^ Luis F. Pumarada O'Neill (July 31, 1994). "Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico, c. 1840 - 1950". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
3. ^ Luis Pumarada O'Neill (July 31, 1994). "Bridge #122". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-13. with 3 photos from 1989-93
4. 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.

External links

• National Park Service Images
• Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico MPS, National Register of Historic Places cover documentation

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