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The Torréns Bridge ( es, Puente Torréns) is a historic bridge over the
Rosario River in
Hormigueros municipality,
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and unincorporated ...
. It was built in 1878 in a
beam bridge structure with
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 and transverse joists, a design unique in the later territory of the United States. It is named for Modesto Torréns Morales, mayor of Hormigueros from 1875 to 1879, during a period when the municipality advocated for improved transportation linkages from the settlement of Hormigueros to the rest of the island. Improvement of the difficult Rosario River crossing (''Paso de las Nieves'') on the road from the town to the
main highway south of the river was seen as critical to economic development, especially after Hormigueros municipality separated from
San Germán in 1874. In 1898 during the
Spanish–American War
, partof = the Philippine Revolution, the decolonization of the Americas, and the Cuban War of Independence
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, the Torréns Bridge was captured by the
U.S. Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cl ...
to aid its advance during the
Battle of Hormigueros and subsequent march on
Mayagüez.
[.]
The bridge was added to the U.S.
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 2000.
[.]
See also
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Maricao Fish Hatchery
The Maricao Fish Hatchery (Spanish: ''Vivero de Peces de Maricao''), also known as the Insular Fish Hatchery (''Criadero Insular de Peces''), is a historic 3.32 acre fish hatchery located in the Maricao Afuera district (''barrio'') of the Puerto ...
: located along the Río Rosario in Maricao, Puerto Rico
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Notes
References
External links
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Summary sheetfrom the Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Office
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Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico
Lattice truss bridges
Beam bridges
Bridges completed in 1878
Hormigueros, Puerto Rico
Spanish–American War
1878 establishments in Puerto Rico
Girder bridges in the United States