Silva Bridge

The Silva Bridge is a Pratt pony truss bridge in Puerto Rico which was built in 1897. 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.

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Type: Bridge
Description: historic bridge in Hormigueros and Cabo Rojo municipalities, Puerto Rico
Also known as: “Bridge no. 71” and “Puente Silva (Nº 71)”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mayagüez Mall.

Mayagüez Mall

Commercial area

Photo: Madrican, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mayagüez Mall is a shopping mall located in the municipalities of Mayagüez and Hormigueros. It is the third largest shopping center in Puerto Rico with a total of 1,050,000 square feet of retail space, and it is the main shopping center in western Puerto Rico. Mayagüez Mall is situated 2 km north of Silva Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hormigueros and Mayagüez.

Hormigueros

Photo: Jcarrillovii, Public domain.

Hormigueros is a town and one of the smallest municipalities of Puerto Rico, located on the island's southwestern coast in the Porta del Sol tourism region.

Mayagüez

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Mayagüez is the largest city on the Western side of the island of Puerto Rico, in the Porta del Sol region. It has roughly 90,000 inhabitants, plus a floating population of about 15,000, on weekdays, particularly when the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez is not in recess.

Silva Bridge

Categories: road bridge and transportation
Location: Guanajibo, Cabo Rojo, Porta del Sol, Puerto Rico, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

18.13934° or 18° 8′ 22″ north

Longitude

-67.1457° or 67° 8′ 45″ west

Inception

1897

Open location code

77CJ4VQ3+PP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 793034907

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=bridge

Wikidata ID

Q54933352

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Satellite Map

Discover Silva Bridge from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

“Silva Bridge” goes by many names.

Spanish: “Puente de Silva”
Spanish: “Puente núm. 71”
Spanish: “Puente Silva”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cuartel de la Policía Estatal de Hormigueros and Cementerio Municipal de Hormigueros 2.

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