The economic depression of 1929, together with the unprecedented
devastation left behind by the 1928 San Felipe hurricane, stopped
the momentum of highway construction. This inactivity ended in the
following decade, thanks to the extension of President Roosevelt's
New Deal programs to the island, assigning 34 million dollars to
the Puerto Rico Emergency Relief Administration (PRERA). A good
part of that money was dedicated to the construction of bridges,
highways and rural roads. Until that moment, the Federal government
had not assigned funds for public works or other necessities in
Puerto Rico, except to mitigate the effects of natural
disasters.
Puerto Rico Iron Works, a Ponce, P.R. foundry and machine shop
which sold, repaired, designed, and fabricated machinery and
bridges, was Puerto Rico's most prolific steel bridge fabricator in
the 20th Century. Its main customer was the sugar industry of
southern Puerto Rico. The PR-1 Aruz Bridge (No. 24), in the
municipality of Juana Diaz, may have been this company's largest
bridge. It is a 50 meter Parker truss, built in 1938.
There are parking spots at both sides of the bridge, but the
parking waypoint in the listing is the recommended one
You are looking for a small lock & lock container. It is
available 24 hours, but is recommended during daytime. If you go at
night, do not go alone. BYOP