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Canon Del Camino Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 35.538115,-107.119103

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Carries CR S-35 over Canon Del Camino
Design: truss/deck
Design Details: Deck truss
Total Length: 45.9 Feet
Span Length: 40.0 Feet

Overview: Deck truss bridge over Canon Del Camino on CR S-35
History: Built 1975
Built: 1975

Location: Sandoval County

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Tunnel

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 35.733333,-106.765000

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Carries Forest Road over Mountain side
Design: tunnel
Design Details: Tunnel
Total Length: 44.9 Feet
Span Length: 44.9 Feet

Overview: Tunnel under a rock formation on a forest road
History: Built 1940
Built: 1940

Location: Sandoval County

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Tunnel

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 35.370000,-106.765000

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Carries Serenade Street over Mountain side
Design: tunnel
Design Details: Tunnel
Total Length: 40.0 Feet
Span Length: 40.0 Feet

Overview: Tunnel under a rock formation on Serenade Street
History: Built 1940
Built: 1940

Location: Sandoval County

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La Ventana

Status: Abandoned in place

Location: 35.843698,-106.969748

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Carries over Rio Puerco River
Design: beam/stringer/concrete
Design Details: Three-simple spans of 25' each, precast concrete bridge units on concrete piers with special curbs and rails. one lane, 77' long, 15' wide. Concrete bridge seat beam. Precast concrete inverted channel girders sitting on concrete stub abutments and concrete pier caps on No. 3 gauge steel pipe piles.
Total Length: 77.0 Feet
Span Length: 25.0 Feet

Overview: Bridge over Rio Puerco River
History: Built in 1955 by the state for use by ranchers and locals using State Road 43 to cross the Rio Puerco River.
Built: 1955

Location: Sandoval County

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241980

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River Erosion

View looking west from edge of river bank.

Photo taken by Keith Kofford in January 2012

241981

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More Riverbed Erosion

View looking west from east river bank. Old SR43 in distance coming down incline.

Photo taken by Keith Kofford in January 2012

241982

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Bridge in Autumn

View is looking east from the westside's old SR 43 access.

Photo taken by Keith Kofford in October 2012

241983

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East Side Erosion

View is looking west. Old SR 43 in foreground. Current SR 550 and traffic are in the far background.

Photo taken by Keith Kofford in October 2012

241984

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Bridge and River Erosion

View is looking north from the eastside river bank to the bridge's south side. The riverbank used to extend to the bridge's end.

Photo taken by NMDOT (Ray Trujillo, Bridge Bureau Chief)

242337

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The Way It Used To Be

The river erosion has severly eaten away the riverbed and banks to what it looks like today.

Photo courtesy of Ray Trujillo (NMDOT, State Bridge Engineer)

243230

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Bridge In Its Salad Days.

What the bridge originally looked like when still in use decades ago.

Photo taken by NMDOT

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BNSF - Pan American Highway Overpass

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 35.374871,-106.490158

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Carries Railroad over Nm-313
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder
Total Length: 50.9 Feet
Span Length: 47.9 Feet

Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over Nm-313 on Railroad
History: Built 1928
Built: 1928

Location: Sandoval County

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USFS 376 Jemez Tunnel

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 35.734167,-106.764722

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Carries Usfs-376 over hillside
Design: tunnel
Design Details: Tunnel
Total Length: 44.9 Feet
Span Length: 44.9 Feet

Overview: Tunnel on Usfs-376 under hillside
History: Built 1940 for Santa Fe Northwestern Railway
Built: 1940

Location: Sandoval County

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480523

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USFS 376 Jemez Tunnel

Photo taken by John Fowler in 2009

486997

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View from northwest

Photo taken by Josh Schmid in August 2019

486998

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View from southeast

Photo taken by Josh Schmid in August 2019

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USFS 376 Gilman Tunnel #2

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 35.735034,-106.764969

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Carries Usfs-376 over
Design: tunnel
Design Details: Tunnel
Total Length: 40.0 Feet
Span Length: 40.0 Feet

Overview: Tunnel on Usfs-376 under hillside
History: Built 1940 for Santa Fe Northwestern Railway
Built: 1940

Location: Sandoval County

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480522

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USFS 376 Gilman Tunnel #2

Photo taken by John Fowler in 2009

486999

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View from northwest

Photo taken by Josh Schmid in August 2019

487000

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View from southeast

Photo taken by Josh Schmid in August 2019

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Las Huertas Creek Bridge (Old US 66)

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 35.371983,-106.495786

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Carries Nm-313 over Las Huertas Creek
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 94.2 Feet
Span Length: 29.9 Feet

Overview: Steel stringer bridge over Las Huertas Creek on Nm-313
History: Built 1927, additions made 1975
Built: 1927

Location: Sandoval County

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Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S  - Dismantled and/or in storage. L -  Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.

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