Rio Grande Gorge Bridge

Photos

Overview

Photo taken June 2001 by James Baughn

BH Photo #108059

In 1966, the bridge won the first place prize for Long Span bridges from the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC).

Overview: Cantilever Deck truss bridge over Rio Grande on US 64, northwest of Taos
Location: Taos County, New Mexico
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1965
Builders: - American Bridge Co. of New York
- Charles E. Reed (Engineer)
- Herman Tachau (Designer)
- J.H. Ryan and Sons, Inc. of Albuquerque
Design: Cantilevered deck truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 600.1 ft.
Total length: 1,280.9 ft.
Deck width: 27.9 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on July 15, 1997
Also called: High Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +36.47667, -105.73167 (decimal degrees)
36°28'36" N, 105°43'54" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 13/434455/4037068 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Los Cordovas
Average daily traffic (as of 2017): 642
Inventory numbers: NM 6462 (New Mexico bridge number)
NRHP 97000733 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 25709 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of September 2017): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 72.2 (out of 100)
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