Puente del Ejército
Army Bridge Puente del Ejército | |
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The bridge in 2019 | |
| Coordinates | 12°02′20″S 77°02′36″W / 12.0388°S 77.0434°W |
| Crosses | Rímac river |
| Begins | Alfonso Ugarte Avenue |
| Ends | Caquetá Avenue |
| Named for | Peruvian Army |
| History | |
| Inaugurated | December 31, 1936 |
| Location | |
The Army Bridge (Spanish: Puente del Ejército) is a tied-arch bridge that crosses Rímac River in the limits of Rímac and San Martín de Porres districts of Lima, Peru. It joins Alfonso Ugarte Avenue to the south with Caquetá Avenue (former Pan-American Highway) to the north. It was inaugurated on December 31, 1936, under then president Óscar R. Benavides, and was later remodelled in the 1950s, under the presidency of Manuel A. Odría.
Located next to the bridge is a velodrome, reopened in 2016.