Rio Puerco Bridge

The Rio Puerco Bridge is a Parker through truss bridge located on historic U.S. Route 66 (US 66), crossing the Rio Puerco, that was built in 1933. It is located approximately 19 miles (30 km) west of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Photo in 2012, showing sections

Rio Puerco Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Photo in 2006 shows it is already out of service
Nearest city	Albuquerque, New Mexico
Coordinates	35°02′01″N 106°56′32″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1933
Built by	Kansas City Structural Steel Company; F.D. Shufflebarger
Architectural style	Parker through truss bridge
MPS	Historic Highway Bridges of New Mexico MPS
NRHP reference No.	97000735[1]
Added to NRHP	July 15, 1997

It was built to carry a past alignment of Route 66 over the Rio Puerco, and in 1997 carried a frontage road for Interstate 40.[2] It no longer carries traffic, and has been bypassed by a different frontage road bridge.[3]

It is a single-span Parker through truss steel bridge fabricated by the Kansas City Structural Steel Company and built by F.D. Shufflebarger in 1933. Its substructure includes two concrete piers and massive concrete abutments set upon timber pilings. The total bridge length is 330 feet (100 m), including the 250 feet (76 m) span, which has ten 25 feet (7.6 m) panels, and two 40 feet (12 m) approaches.[2]

It is located 40 yards north of the I-40, about 8.9 miles (14.3 km) west of I-40 west's exit at Albuquerque.[2]

See also

•  Transport portal
•  Engineering portal

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. David Kammer (December 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rio Puerco Bridge / NMSHTD #2530". National Park Service. Retrieved October 29, 2018. With accompanying three photos from 1984
3. Shown by Google satellite view, dated 2018, accessed October 10, 2018, as well as by 2006 and 2012 photos.