General Information
| Completion: | 1924 |
|---|---|
| Status: | out of service |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Suspension bridge |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Material: |
Timber bridge |
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Awards and Distinctions
| 1997 |
for registered users |
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Location
| Location: |
San Ildefonso, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: | 35° 52' 28.99" N 106° 8' 30.61" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 53 m |
Materials
| cables |
steel
|
|---|---|
| pylons |
reinforced concrete
|
| deck truss |
steel
wood |
Chronology
| 1948 | Closed to road traffic. |
|---|
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Otowi Suspension Bridge, spanning the Rio Grande River near San Ildefonso, New Mexico, is a wooden suspension bridge built in 1924. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. The bridge has been closed to vehicular traffic since the late 1940s, when a two-lane steel bridge was constructed just north of it.
In its 1996 NRHP nomination, it is asserted to be significant in the areas of transportation and engineering. It was important for having opened a large part of New Mexico to automobile traffic, including the site of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, which became nationally important during World War II. It was also the only public highway suspension bridge in the state and was the best-rated bridge in the state in a 1987 survey.
It was a contributing property in the listing of the Otowi Historic District to the National Register in 1975.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Otowi Suspension Bridge" and modified on November 25, 2021 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1984): Great American Bridges and Dams. A National Trust Guide. John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA), pp. 253.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000958 - Published on:
17/09/2000 - Last updated on:
24/11/2021
