Bridge A 249 is a historic wooden trestle bridge in New Mexico's Sacramento Mountains, Otero County, New Mexico, just outside Cloudcroft, New Mexico. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015 as Bridge A 249-Cloudcroft, New Mexico.[1]

Bridge A 249-Cloudcroft, New Mexico
Bridge A 249 is located in New Mexico
Bridge A 249
Nearest city65 E. Little Mexican Ave., near Cloudcroft, New Mexico
Coordinates32°57′49″N 105°44′52″W / 32.963734°N 105.747675°W / 32.963734; -105.747675
Arealess than one acre
Architectural styleTrestle bridge
MPSHistoric Highway Bridges of New Mexico MPS
NRHP reference No.15000948[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 29, 2015

It is a very small trestle bridge, relative to the Mexico Canyon Railroad Trestle a short ways away, which has a viewpoint from the highway. This one has just three small spans: a central span resting on wooden supports and two approach spans.

It is a single-tier wood-frame trestle which was part of the Alamogordo & Sacramento Mountains Railroad, a railroad that operated from 1899 to 1947. The railroad had about 26 miles (42 km) of track connecting Alamogordo, New Mexico to spruce and fir timber areas in the Sacramento Mountains.

This trestle is one of seven trestles surviving out of 51 built by the railroad. It was deemed significant "in the area of engineering because it is a representative design by Chief Engineer H. A. Sumner of small trestles required to continue the rail line over small drainages in the upper elevations of the A&SM Railroad."[1]

It is located west of U.S. Route 82, northwest of Cloudcroft, New Mexico

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