How Guadalajara lost and found a huge stone bridge built by women

[Judi Lynn]

For nearly a century, the missing Puente de Damas bridge was under residents' feet

By John Pint
Published on Friday, May 13, 2022

A few years ago the story broke.

“¡Lo encontraron!” ran the headlines. They found it! They found Guadalajara’s legendary lost bridge, el Puente de las Damas (the Ladies’ Bridge). There really was such a thing, and at last we know where it is!

This, I thought, was an interesting piece of news, but to me, it seemed a mere nothing in comparison with the much bigger story: that the city had managed to lose the bridge in the first place.

“What?” I exclaimed, “a hundred years ago, Guadalajara lost a bridge 50 meters long 12 meters wide and 15 meters high?”

From the moment I heard the story, I was determined to visit the Ladies’ Bridge in the hope that seeing it up close would reveal how in the world they had managed to lose track of a structure weighing countless tons.



A guide points out the heavy basalt blocks used in the construction of the bridge’s arches.

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https://mexiconewsdaily.com/mexicolife/guadalajara-lost-and-found-a-bridge/