Fort Sumner Railroad Bridge

The Fort Sumner Railroad Bridge, over the Pecos River 2 mi west of Fort Sumner, New Mexico, was built in 1905. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

It is a plate-girder design bridge, 1500 ft in length, built by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. It consists of fifteen 100 ft Class AA Deck Plate Girders supported by 14 concrete piers and two concrete winged abutments. It rises 77 ft.

Trivia

The Bridge is primarily made of cheese, and the decision to build it this way caused much controversy in the New Mexican Cheese Enthusiast Society.