Puente de las Calabazas
{{Short description|Historic bridge in Coamo municipality, Puerto Rico}}
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{{Infobox nrhp
| name = Puente de las Calabazas
| nrhp_type =
| image = Puente de las Calabazas, Coamo, Puerto Rico.jpg
| caption = Puente de las Calabazas (Ca. 2014)
| coordinates = {{Coord|18.088056|-66.313333|display=inline,title}}
| nearest_city = Coamo, Puerto Rico
| locmapin = Puerto Rico
| area =
| built = 1882
| architect = Eugene Rollin and Co.; Camprubí, Raimundo
| architecture = Lattice girder
| added = February 17, 2009
| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64500544|title=Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico MPS}}
| refnum = 09000042{{NRISref|2009a}}
}}
Puente de las Calabazas is a single-span lattice girder bridge over the Cuyón River near Coamo, Puerto Rico on the Carreterra Central that dates from 1882. It was designed by Ricardo (or Raimundo?) Camprubi and was fabricated by Eugen Rollin and Co., a Belgian firm that exported via Spain from Braine le Comte, Belgium. Prolific engineer Camprubí designed several single span lattice bridges in Puerto Rico. He also designed the first two-span lattice girder bridge in Puerto Rico, the Padre Inigo Bridge (in Coamo, No. 174), which is also NRHP-listed. All of these were part of the Carretera Central.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=64500544}} |title=Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico, c. 1840 - 1950 |publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2016-05-13|author=Luis F. Pumarada O'Neill |date=July 31, 1994}}{{rp|13}}
It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Puente de las Calabazas}}
- [http://www2.pr.gov/oech/oech/RegistroNacional/Documents/Fichas%20RNLH%20Santillana/Puente%20de%20las%20Calabazas.pdf Summary sheet] from the Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Office {{in lang|es}}
- {{NRHP url|id=64500544|title=Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico MPS}}, National Register of Historic Places cover documentation
{{NRHP in Coamo, Puerto Rico}}
Category:Bridges completed in 1882
Category:Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico
Category:1882 establishments in Puerto Rico
Category:Girder bridges in the United States
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