New Mexico Website Statistics

All Bridges

  • Total listed New Mexico bridges: 99
  • Bridges with photos: 44 (44.4%)
  • Bridges with Street View: 41 (41.4%)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 98 (99.0%)

  • Total photos: 220

Extant Bridges

  • Extant bridges: 96 (97.0% of all)
  • Bridges with photos: 42 (43.8% of extant)
  • Bridges with Street View: 40 (41.7% of extant)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 95 (99.0% of extant)

Lost Bridges

  • Lost bridges: 0 (0.000% of all)
  • Bridges with photos: 0 (0% of lost)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 0 (0% of lost)

Oldest Listed Bridges

  1. Mexican Canyon Trestle (Otero County, built 1899, abandoned)
  2. Green Bridge (Dona Ana County, built 1902, open to pedestrians)
  3. Cold Spring Canyon Bridge (Grant County, built 1908, open to traffic)
  4. Gallinas River Bridge (San Miguel County, built 1909, open to traffic)
  5. Gila River Bridge (Grant County, built 1915, open to traffic)
  6. Bridge of the Hidalgos (Santa Fe County, built 1920, open to traffic)
  7. Old Route 66 Bridge (San Miguel County, built 1921, closed to all traffic)
  8. Otowi Suspension Bridge (Santa Fe County, built 1924, open to pedestrians)
  9. Tyrone Ridge Road Bridge (Grant County, built 1927, open to traffic)
  10. Route 66 La Bajada Bridge (Santa Fe County, built 1928, open to traffic)

By Design

  • Arch: 10 (10.1%)
    • Deck arch: 9 (9.1%)
      • Closed-spandrel arch: 2 (2.0%)
      • Steel arch: 1 (1.0%)
      • Stone arch: 2 (2.0%)
    • Pony arch: 1 (1.0%)
      • Concrete pony arch: 1 (1.0%)

  • Beam: 23 (23.2%)
    • Stringer: 22 (22.2%)
      • Concrete stringer: 4 (4.0%)
      • Steel stringer: 8 (8.1%)
      • Timber stringer: 10 (10.1%)
    • Concrete tee beam: 1 (1.0%)

  • Girder: 4 (4.0%)
    • Deck girder: 3 (3.0%)
      • Deck plate girder: 3 (3.0%)
    • Pony/through girder: 1 (1.0%)
      • Pony/through plate girder: 1 (1.0%)

  • Suspension: 1 (1.0%)
    • Wire suspension: 1 (1.0%)

  • Truss: 57 (57.6%)
    • Deck truss: 6 (6.1%)
    • Pony truss: 27 (27.3%)
      • Howe pony truss: 1 (1.0%)
      • Parker pony truss: 2 (2.0%)
      • Polygonal Warren pony truss: 1 (1.0%)
      • Warren pony truss: 8 (8.1%)
    • Through truss: 22 (22.2%)
      • Parker through truss: 9 (9.1%)
      • Pratt through truss: 8 (8.1%)

  • Tunnel: 3 (3.0%)

  • Unknown: 1 (1.0%)