Cache Series: The San Blas Half Marathon Route
Stop 4 – Getting Out of Town
We find the Osvaldo Rivera Escalera field reaching the Piel
Canela Boulevard where there is the Francisco (Pancho) Coimbre
sports complex. After the Muñoz Marín Avenue , road number 14 from
Coamo to Juana Díaz takes us directly to the Manuel Méndez Vigo
bridge over Las Minas river. It is the only one bridge used today
for crossing traffic. It was built in geometric hoops going over 20
feet with a brick formation, on an edge a form resembling a Castle.
As history goes, this bridge was dynamited by orders of Commander
Rafael Martínez Illescas to hide the retreat of the Spanish troops.
It was restored in 1898 by the U.S. troops.
If you want to know the route, look for the caches in the
following order:
Stop 1 - Starting Line
Stop 2 - The Niagara Sector
Stop 3 - The Town
Stop 4 - Out of Town
Stop 5 - Ajoguillo Slope
Stop 6 - Int to Road #150
Stop 7 - Entry to Town
Stop 8 - And the winner is