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"The Mavilla bridge was built in 1903 to substitute a wooden structure from 1853 servicing an old 19th century Toa Alta-Bayamón unpaved road. Eighty men worked under Roque Paniagua on the construction of the bridge which cost  $3,000.00. In 1909,…

"The Marques de la Serna bridge is named after the marquis of Serna, Felix Maria de Messina, who was governor of Puerto Rico from 1862 to 1865. It is the first metal bridge to have been built in the Island, and the only metal arch bridge that exists…

"Many events beneficial to land transportation between San Juan and the Western part of the island took place in 1881:"the paving of the Cataño-Bayamón highway, the opening of the original Reyes Católicos bridge over the Plata River between Dorado…