Photo 

Overview

Photo submitted by Eric Dillingham

Map 

Vicinity Map

Vicinity map

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Facts 

Overview
Large wooden trestle on the former Alamogordo & Sacramento Mountain Railroad near Cloudcroft
Location
Otero County, New Mexico
Status
Derelict, but scheduled for rehabilitation in 2007-08
History
Built 1899; abandoned 1948
Design
Timber stringer
Dimensions
Total length: 323.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 7, 1979
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.96364, -105.74742   (decimal degrees)
32°57'49" N, 105°44'51" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
NRHP 79001543 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 25687 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log 

  • April 30, 2007: Posted photo from Eric Dillingham

Sources 

  • Eric Dillingham - edillingham [at] fs [dot] fed [dot] us

Comments 

Mexican Canyon Trestle
Posted March 31, 2008, by Raul Lopez (ibwrestling90 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Man this bridge is da bomb

Mexican Canyon Trestle
Posted March 20, 2008, by Raul Lopez (ibwrestling90 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

this bridge is tight