Puerto Rico Website Statistics

All Bridges

  • Total listed Puerto Rico bridges: 29
  • Bridges with photos: 5 (17.2%)
  • Bridges with Street View: 0 (0.000%)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 29 (100.0%)

  • Total photos: 33

Extant Bridges

  • Extant bridges: 27 (93.1% of all)
  • Bridges with photos: 4 (14.8% of extant)
  • Bridges with Street View: 0 (0.000% of extant)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 27 (100.0% of extant)

Lost Bridges

  • Lost bridges: 1 (3.4% of all)
  • Bridges with photos: 0 (0.000% of lost)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 1 (100.0% of lost)

Oldest Listed Bridges

  1. Rio Piedras Bridge (San Juan, built 1853, open to pedestrians)
  2. General Norzagaray Bridge (San Juan, built 1855, open to traffic)
  3. Rio Canas Bridge (Caguas, built 1856, open to traffic)
  4. General Mendez Vigo Bridge (Coamo, built 1862, open to traffic)
  5. Marques de la Serna Bridge (Bayamon, built 1869, open to pedestrians)
  6. La Liendre Bridge (Cayey, built 1877, closed to all traffic)
  7. Rio Cuyon Bridge (Coamo, built 1877, open to traffic)
  8. Torrens Bridge (Hormigueros, built 1878, replaced by new bridge)
  9. Rio Descalabrado Bridge (Coamo, built 1878, open to traffic)
  10. Rio Maton Bridge (Cayey, built 1886, open to traffic)

By Design

  • Arch: 11 (37.9%)
    • Deck arch: 11 (37.9%)
      • Brick arch: 4 (13.8%)
      • Closed-spandrel arch: 1 (3.4%)
      • Iron arch: 1 (3.4%)
      • Stone arch: 1 (3.4%)

  • Beam: 3 (10.3%)
    • Stringer: 3 (10.3%)
      • Steel stringer: 3 (10.3%)

  • Girder: 3 (10.3%)
    • Deck girder: 1 (3.4%)

  • Truss: 12 (41.4%)
    • Pony truss: 8 (27.6%)
      • Eiffel pony truss: 1 (3.4%)
      • Lattice pony truss: 3 (10.3%)
      • Pratt pony truss: 1 (3.4%)
      • Warren pony truss: 1 (3.4%)
    • Through truss: 4 (13.8%)
      • Eiffel through truss: 1 (3.4%)
      • Parker through truss: 1 (3.4%)
      • Pratt through truss: 1 (3.4%)
      • Whipple through truss: 1 (3.4%)