Puente de los Leones
Puente de los Leones | |
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Puente de los Leones, looking west from Barrio San Antón towards Barrio Tercero | |
| Coordinates | 18°00′45″N 66°36′27″W / 18.01256°N 66.60756°W |
| Carries | Vehicular and Pedestrian traffic |
| Crosses | Río Portugués |
| Locale | Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Other name(s) | Puente Blas Silva (1950-1990) Puente Reina Isabel (1990) |
| Named for | City feline symbol |
| Owner | Ponce Municipal Government |
| Maintained by | Ponce Dept of Public Works |
| Preceded by | Puente Blas Silva (1900-1950) |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Art Deco |
| Total length | 93.5 feet (28.5 m) |
| Width | 60 feet |
| No. of spans | 1 |
| Load limit | 44.2 metric tons |
| Clearance above | Open |
| No. of lanes | 4 |
| History | |
| Architect | Sanchez Arana Arquitectos |
| Designer | Ilia Sanchez Arana |
| Engineering design by | Nelson Hidalgo |
| Constructed by | Unitech Engineering Hector I. Ocasio R. Ortiz Carro |
| Fabrication by | Grupo Ingenieril Constructora Santiago Jose A. Lopez Madrazo |
| Construction start | 1901 |
| Construction end | 1902 |
| Opened | 1900 |
| Inaugurated | 1902 |
| Rebuilt | 1990 |
| Replaces | Puente Blas Silva |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 19,400 (Year 2005) |
| Toll | No |
| Location | |
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The Puente de los Leones (literally, Bridge of the Lions) is a historic bridge in Ponce, Puerto Rico, joining Barrio Tercero to Barrio San Antón and Barrio Machuelo Abajo. It is also the city's best known bridge. The bridge is at the western terminus of Bulevar Miguel Pou, the main gateway to the Ponce Historic Zone. The Art Deco bridge carries four lanes of vehicular traffic from the two-way Miguel Pou Boulevard. It crosses Río Portugués connecting Barrio Tercero to the west with Barrios Machuelo Abajo and San Anton to the east. It is located 0.5 km east of Plaza Las Delicias.