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Arroyo Aquaje De Petaca Bridge

Taos County, New Mexico

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Arroyo Aguaje de la Petaca Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in January 2017

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)

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Description 

The bridge contains a sign reading:

ARROYO AGUAJE BRIDGE

THIS HISTORIC PONY TRUSS BRIDGE WAS BUILT IN 1934 AS A NATIONAL RECOVERY PROJECT. IT HAS BEEN PRESERVED BY THE NEW MEXICO STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

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Overview
Pratt pony truss bridge over Arroyo Aquaje De Petaca on former US-64
Location
Taos County, New Mexico
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1934; bypassed by new bridge in 1994; left in-place by the NM State Highway and Transportation Dept
Design
Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.1 ft.
Total length: 103.0 ft.
Deck width: 24.3 ft.
Also called
Arroyo Aquaje Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.64306, -105.95311   (decimal degrees)
36°38'35" N, 105°57'11" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
13/414800/4055700 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Tres Piedras
Inventory numbers
NM 3806 (New Mexico bridge number)
BH 75185 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1934 (811)
Built during 1930s (11,949)
New Mexico (209)
Open to pedestrians (4,421)
Owned by state (16,265)
Pony truss (16,665)
Pratt pony truss (3,806)
 Pratt truss (9,799)
Preserved (1,217)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,478)
Structurally deficient (13,379)
Taos County, New Mexico (8)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,269)
Truss (34,159)

Update Log 

  • January 13, 2017: Added by C Hanchey

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