Otowi Suspension Bridge
Otowi Suspension Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 35°52′30″N 106°08′28″W / 35.875°N 106.141°W |
Characteristics | |
Design | Suspension bridge |
Material | Wood |
History | |
Opened | 1924 |
Otowi Suspension Bridge | |
![]() Otowi Suspension Bridge | |
Nearest city | San Ildefonso, New Mexico |
Coordinates | 35°52′29″N 106°8′29″W / 35.87472°N 106.14139°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1924 |
Architect | Lee W. Campbell |
Architectural style | Suspension bridge |
Part of | Otowi Historic District (ID75001170) |
MPS | Historic Highway Bridges of New Mexico MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 97000730[1] |
NMSRCP No. | 1670 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | July 15, 1997 |
Designated CP | December 4, 1975 |
Designated NMSRCP | May 9, 1997 |
Location | |
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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.[1] 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.[2][3]
It was a contributing property in the listing of the Otowi Historic District to the National Register in 1975.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ David Rammer (1996). "Otowi Suspension Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-27. with three photos
- ^ David Kammer (1996). "Historic Highway Bridges of New Mexico". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
- ^ Michael P . McCachren (July 2, 1975). "Otowi HIstoric District". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-27. with six photos (including several of the suspension bridge)
- Historic district contributing properties in New Mexico
- Bridges completed in 1924
- Buildings and structures in Santa Fe County, New Mexico
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New Mexico
- Suspension bridges in the United States
- National Register of Historic Places in Santa Fe County, New Mexico
- Bridges over the Rio Grande
- Towers in New Mexico
- Wooden bridges in the United States
- New Mexico Registered Historic Place stubs
- Western United States bridge (structure) stubs
- New Mexico building and structure stubs