Old Rio Puerco Bridge Bernardo New Mexico
Sep 27, 2018 18:24:09 #
Sep 27, 2018 18:27:54 #
Nice details and view! This is from the abandoned part of US Route 66, right?
Sep 27, 2018 18:33:20 #
Sep 27, 2018 19:05:46 #
dc3legs
Loc: Tucson
Not quite but same idea CHG Canon. Its from the abandoned part of US 60 which is still an active east-west US highway thru New Mexico but south of old Rt 66. US 60 passes thru Socorro currently. This particular bridge is located a mile or so southwest of I-25 exit 175. Route 66 passed over the Rio Puerco (or still does) about 10 miles west of Albuquerque and now is by-passed by I-40. That bridge is also one of the old cantilevers and gratefully has been recognized as a historic landmark. There are an exit and on ramp there and you can walk across that bridge. No more vehicle traffic. Danny
Sep 27, 2018 19:11:22 #
dc3legs wrote:
Used to see these cantilever bridges all the time but now not so much
Nice dc3legs
Sep 27, 2018 19:14:19 #
dc3legs wrote:
Not quite but same idea CHG Canon. Its from the ab... (show quote)
I've been up and down I-25 a few times going from Albuquerque, but I must be thinking of the bridge you can see while driving on I-40 to Gallup. If I'm back to Bosque del Apache, I'll have to look this one up. Thanks for sharing.
Sep 27, 2018 19:40:39 #
Sep 28, 2018 08:18:04 #
Nice photos. There are still one or two around here, but they’re disappearing fast.
Sep 28, 2018 08:27:02 #
Mike Fos
Loc: Powhatan Virginia
That is not a cantilever bridge. It is a curved chord Pratt truss that was probably built in the 1920's. You can tell that from the riveted connections. If it were earlier the members would have been connected with pins. This structural engineer thinks it is really cool!
Sep 28, 2018 13:38:22 #
dc3legs
Loc: Tucson
Thanks Mike and I'm sure you're correct. Here are some images of the Route 66 bridge across the Rio Puerco east of Albuquerque that you may enjoy. Dan
Sep 28, 2018 15:58:11 #
Mike Fos
Loc: Powhatan Virginia
Thank you very much. I just love old bridges. Get on U-tube and look up Chain of Rocks bridge. It is over the Mississippi near St. Louis. I think it was on Route 66. It bends in the middle. Kind of scary and I'm fearless.
Sep 28, 2018 17:17:09 #
dc3legs
Loc: Tucson
That must have been an ambitious undertaking and how fortunate that it is being preserved. I've yet to see it much less drive across but now its only used by pedestrians and maybe bicycles? So let's see, you're tooling along in your '59 Chevy and right there at the bend there's an oncoming semi. Must have been some kind of safe procedure.
This is the Park Avenue Bridge in Clifton AZ, the county seat of Greenlee County. I took the picture in 2007. Wiki's blurb says this is " the only Parker vehicular truss pinned bridge in Arizona" and built 1917-1918. Maybe when convenient you could kindly explain the difference between riveted and pinned in terms of these older bridges. Thx, Dan
This is the Park Avenue Bridge in Clifton AZ, the county seat of Greenlee County. I took the picture in 2007. Wiki's blurb says this is " the only Parker vehicular truss pinned bridge in Arizona" and built 1917-1918. Maybe when convenient you could kindly explain the difference between riveted and pinned in terms of these older bridges. Thx, Dan
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