The Percha Creek Bridge near Hillsboro, New Mexico formerly brought

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NM 90 over Percha Creek. It was built in 1927. It was bypassed in 1995 but preserved by the NMSHTD, and it was listed on the

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in 1997. It is a single span Warren design steel deck truss bridge, built by the Ware Company of El Paso. It spans a deep canyon (about deep) of the Rio Percha, or Percha Creek, on its eastward descent from the

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toward the

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. It is located 10 yards south of

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, west of Hillsboro. The span is and is approached by two approach spans; the roadway is long and wide. It has a timber deck, covered with

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. William S. Henderson was the engineer. The bridge was deemed significant in part as "the oldest and highest rated bridge Warren design steel deck truss bridge in New Mexico, embodying the design, materials and methods of construction associated with that bridge sub-type." With

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Bridges in New Mexico National Register of Historic Places in Sierra County, New Mexico Buildings and structures completed in 1927 {{NewMexico-NRHP-stub