Historic Bridges
of the United States
Mexican Canyon Trestle
Otero County
,
New Mexico
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Photo
Overview
Photo submitted by Eric Dillingham
Map
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TopoZone
Terraserver USA
Facts
Overview
Large wooden trestle on the former Alamogordo & Sacramento Mountain Railroad near Cloudcroft
Location
Otero County
,
New Mexico
Status
Derelict, but scheduled for rehabilitation in 2007-08
History
Built 1899; abandoned 1948
Design
Timber stringer
Dimensions
Total length: 323.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 7, 1979
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.96364, -105.74742
(decimal degrees)
32°57'49" N, 105°44'51" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
13/430149/3647503
(zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Cloudcroft
Inventory numbers
NRHP 79001543
(National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 25687
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Categories
19th Century
(2,535)
Abandoned
(298)
Beam
(2,303)
Built 1899
(104)
Built during 1890s
(1,054)
NR-listed
(1,668)
New Mexico
(67)
Otero County, New Mexico
(2)
Timber stringer
(1,131)
Total length 250-500 feet
(2,405)
Update Log
April 30, 2007: Posted photo from Eric Dillingham
Sources
Eric Dillingham -
edillingham [at] fs [dot] fed [dot] us
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Mexican Canyon Trestle
Posted March 31, 2008, by Raul Lopez
(ibwrestling90 [at] yahoo [dot] com)
Man this bridge is da bomb
Mexican Canyon Trestle
Posted March 20, 2008, by Raul Lopez
(ibwrestling90 [at] yahoo [dot] com)
this bridge is tight