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Name: Spanish Town Iron Bridge (view items)
Industry type: Transportation
Industry: Highway
Country: United States
State/County/Province: Jamaica
City: Spanish Town
Start year: 1801
End year: 0
Company: unknown
Notes: Spanish Town Iron Bridge, which spans the Rio Cobre river at the eastern end of Spanish Town, can be seen from the bridge that is currently being used. The abutment of the bridge is constructed with cut stone while the bridge is cast iron. It is about 81ft long and 15ft wide.

This bridge, erected in 1801 at a cost of four thousand pounds is purported to be the oldest bridge of its kind in the Western Hemisphere.