The La Liendre Bridge, spanning Beatriz Creek, a tributary to the

Río de la Plata The Río de la Plata (, "river of silver"), also called the River Plate or La Plata River in English, is the estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River at Punta Gorda. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean and fo ...

, between

Cayey, Puerto Rico Cayey (), officially Cayey de Muesas, is a mountain town and municipality in central Puerto Rico located on the Sierra de Cayey within the Central Mountain range, north of Salinas and Guayama; south of Cidra and Caguas; east of Aibonito and ...

and

Cidra, Puerto Rico Cidra () is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the central region of the island, north of Cayey; south of Comerío and Aguas Buenas; east of Aibonito and Barranquitas; and west of Caguas. Cidra is spread over 12 barrios and ...

, was built in 1877 and was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1995. It is a rare type of bridge in the U.S. or its territories, one of a handful of lattice girder bridges imported from France and Belgium to Puerto Rico between 1877 and 1892. It has

lattice girder A lattice girder is a truss girder where the load is carried by a web of latticed metal. Overview The lattice girder was used prior to the development of larger rolled steel plates. It has been supplanted in modern construction with welded o ...

s with transverse joists. It was on the Carretera Central highway of Puerto Rico, between Cayey and Caguas. It is Bridge No. 467 mentioned in a review of historic bridges in Puerto Rico. It is a single-span long bridge. In 1994 it was still in use on Puerto Rico Highway 735, bringing it about fifty feet over the bed of Beatriz Creek. With

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National Register of Historic Places in Cayey, Puerto Rico Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico Bridges completed in 1877 1877 establishments in the Spanish Empire Cidra, Puerto Rico Girder bridges {{PuertoRico-NRHP-stub