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Variadero Bridge

San Miguel County, New Mexico
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Overview
Concrete pony truss bridge over Rio Conchas on Old NM 104
Location
San Miguel County, New Mexico
Status
Still standing, but condition unknown
History
Built ca. 1915; bypassed 1957
Design
Four-span reinforced-concrete Howe pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 50.0 ft.
Total length: 200.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on July 22, 1997
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.38943, -104.45975   (decimal degrees)
35°23'22" N, 104°27'35" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
13/549063/3916364 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Variadero
Inventory numbers
NRHP 97000736 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 44147 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Built during 1910s (6,729)
Bypassed (114)
Concrete truss (3)
Continuous (898)
Continuous truss (86)
Have street view (9,883)
Howe pony truss (36)
Howe truss (249)
 NR-listed (2,353)
New Mexico (103)
Pony truss (13,215)
San Miguel County, New Mexico (5)
Span length 50-75 feet (6,995)
Total length 175-250 feet (2,789)
Truss (23,565)
Unknown status (809)

Update Log 

  • April 1, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: added street view
  • February 16, 2010: Added by James Baughn

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Variadero Bridge
Posted March 10, 2011, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

I finally found some images and information about this nationally significant concrete truss bridge within a fantastic half hour documentary about New Mexico's historic bridges. I highly recommend watching the documentary. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebm3OjD-9z0