General Norzagaray Bridge
The General Norzagaray Bridge is a brick and masonry barrel vault bridge built in 1855 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Also known as Puente de los Frailes, it brings what is now Puerto Rico Highway 873 across Frailes Creek, a tributary to the Guaynabo River.Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.
- Type: Bridge
- Description: historic bridge in San Juan municipality, Puerto Rico
- Also known as: “Bridge no. 4”, “Los Frailes Bridge”, and “Puente Nº 4 - Teniente General Fernando de Norzagaray”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Professional Hospital Guaynabo and Museum of Transportation of Puerto Rico.
Professional Hospital Guaynabo
Hospital
Photo: Danthelion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Professional Hospital Guaynabo is a private general hospital in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. It encompasses the Vascular Institute of Puerto Rico—site where the first vascular stent in Puerto Rico was placed. Professional Hospital Guaynabo is situated 1¼ km northwest of General Norzagaray Bridge.
Museum of Transportation of Puerto Rico
Museum
Photo: Miosotis jade, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Museum Of Transportation of Puerto Rico is a museum located in the town of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico which documents the history of transportation in Puerto Rico, from the canoes used by the natives, to the actual subway system located in the metro area known as the "Tren Urbano". Museum of Transportation of Puerto Rico is situated 2½ km west of General Norzagaray Bridge.
Colegio Sagrados Corazones
School
Colegio Sagrados Corazones was a Catholic day school in the municipality of Guaynabo in the metropolitan area of Puerto Rico. It offered PK-12 with a traditional educational approach and offered courses in the Spanish language. Colegio Sagrados Corazones is situated 2½ km northwest of General Norzagaray Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Santa Rita and López Sicardó.
Santa Rita
Neighborhood
Santa Rita is one of the 4 subbarrios of Hato Rey Sur, itself one of 18 barrios of the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The office of Amnesty International in Puerto Rico is located in Santa Rita. Santa Rita is situated 7 km northeast of General Norzagaray Bridge.
López Sicardó
Neighborhood
López Sicardó is one of the three sectors in the Oriente barrio of Puerto Rico. López Sicardó is a subbarrio classified as a civil geographic unit within the San Juan Municipio of Puerto Rico. López Sicardó is situated 8 km northeast of General Norzagaray Bridge.
Bayamón
Bayamón is a municipality in the San Juan metropolitan area and the second largest city in Puerto Rico with about 185,000 residents. It is in the Northern Coast region and has a small historic downtown, numerous parks, malls and family attractions.
General Norzagaray Bridge
- Categories: road bridge and transportation
- Location: Tortugo, San Juan, Northern Coast, Puerto Rico, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
18.35178° or 18° 21′ 6″ northLongitude
-66.09144° or 66° 5′ 29″ westInception
1855Open location code
77CM9W25+PCOpenStreetMap ID
way 731996150OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q25006839
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In Other Languages
“General Norzagaray Bridge” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Puente de Los Frailes”
- Spanish: “Puente del General Norzagaray”
- Spanish: “puente General Norzagaray”
- Spanish: “Puente General Norzagaray”
- Spanish: “Puente núm. 4”
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