Río Matón Bridge

{{Short description|Historic place located in Cayey, Puerto Rico}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Río Matón Bridge

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| image =

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| nearest_city = Cayey, Puerto Rico

| coordinates = {{coord|18|08|23|N|66|12|39|W|source:NOTNRIS2013a|name=Rio Maton Bridge|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Puerto Rico

| built = 1886

| engineer = Manuel Lopez-Bayo

| architecture = lateral solid web girder

| added = July 19, 1995

| area = less than one acre

| mpsub = [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/64500544.pdf Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico MPS]

| refnum = 95000841{{NRISref|version=2013a}}

| designated_other1_name = Puerto Rico Historic Sites and Zones

| designated_other1_color = #fa7070

| designated_other1_num_position = bottom

| designated_other1_number = 2000-(RCE)-21-JP-SH

| designated_other1_abbr = RNSZH

| designated_other1_date = December 21, 2000

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The Río Matón Bridge, in Matón Abajo, a barrio of Cayey, Puerto Rico, was built in 1886. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000.{{Cite web |last=GOBIERNO DE PUERTO RICO |first=JUNTA DE PLANIFICACIÓN DE PUERTO RICO |date=December 7, 2022 |title=REGISTRO DE PROPIEDADES DESIGNADAS POR LA JUNTA DE PLANIFICACIÓN DE PUERTO RICO |url=https://jp.pr.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/REGISTRO-OFICIAL-DE-SITIOS-Y-ZONAS-HISTORICAS-DESIGNADAS-Rev.-DIC-2022.pdf |website=jp.pr.gov}}

It is a lateral solid web girder bridge spanning Río Matón. It was built as part of the Carretera Central. Its iron span was designed by Spanish engineer Manuel Lopez-Bayo and was brought from Europe. Its purchase cost was 11,105 francs.

It carries Highway 14, at km 63.2.

It has also been known as Bridge #1. Its designer was engineer, Manuel Lopez-Bayo. The bridge entered the NRHP because of its architecture and engineering and because it demonstrates an important time in the history of Puerto Rico.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=95000841}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Rio Maton Bridge / Bridge #177 |publisher=National Park Service|author= Luis Pumarada O'Neill |author2=PRSHPO staff |date=July 31, 1994 |accessdate=May 17, 2019}} With {{NRHP url|id=95000841|photos=y|title=accompanying two photos from 1989 and 1993}}