Percha Creek Bridge

The Percha Creek Bridge near Hillsboro, New Mexico formerly brought New Mexico State Road 90 NM 90 over Percha Creek.

It was built in 1927. It was bypassed in 1995 but preserved by the NMSHTD, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

It is a single span Warren design steel deck truss bridge, built by the Ware Company of El Paso.

It spans a deep canyon (about 120 ft deep) of the Rio Percha, or Percha Creek, on its eastward descent from the Black Range toward the Rio Grande River.

It is located 10 yards south of New Mexico State Road 152, 2 mi west of Hillsboro.

The span is 160 ft and is approached by two 25 ft approach spans; the roadway is 210 ft long and 19 ft wide. It has a timber deck, covered with asphalt.

William S. Henderson was the engineer.

The bridge was deemed significant in part as "the oldest and highest rated bridge Warren design steel deck truss bridge in New Mexico, embodying the design, materials and methods of construction associated with that bridge sub-type."