Rio Puerco Bridge

The Rio Puerco Bridge is a historic former road bridge in Albuquerque, in Bernalillo County, in the U.S. state of New Mexico, in the United States. The bridge is located at the former historic U.S. Route 66 in New Mexico, just off Interstate 40, and spans the Rio Puerco. The bridge is for pedestrians only today was decommissioned in 1999 and was crossed on average per day of 434 vehicles (as of 1991).

The completed in 1933, the bridge has a span of 76.2 meters, the length is 77.1 meters, the height of 6 meters. The foundation is made ​​of concrete, the bridge itself from steel. The construction method is designed in the Parker truss. Installer was F.D. Shuffle Barger, the contract to build got the Kansas City Structural Steel Company.

The Rio Puerco Bridge was repaired in 1957 and incorporated on 15 July 1997 by the National Register of Historic Places with the number 97,000,735 as a historical monument. For maintenance, the New Mexico State Highway and Transportation Department responsible.