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The New Pueyrredón Bridge, officially New Prilidiano Pueyrredón Bridge, is a
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in
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,
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, that connects President
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Highway (AU9, formerly 9 de Julio Sur Highway) in Barracas neighborhood with
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and
Hipólito Yrigoyen Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Yrigoyen (12 July 1852 – 3 July 1933) was an Argentine politician of the Radical Civic Union who served as President of Argentina from 1916 to 1922 and again from 1928 until his overthrow in ...
avenues, both in
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. The bridge crosses over
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(popularly known as ''Riachuelo''), carrying vehicular and pedestrian traffic between both points. The structure is made of
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.


History

The new bridge was built to replace
Pueyrredón Bridge The Pueyrredón Bridge (officially called Prilidiano Pueyrredón Bridge) is a bascule bridge in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It connects Vieytes street of Barracas, Buenos Aires, Barracas neighborhood with Bartolomé Mitre Avenue in Avellaneda Parti ...
because of the increasing vehicular traffic on it, adding a point to connect Buenos Aires and Avellaneda districts with the purpose of mitigate the traffic congestions on Hipólito Yrigoyen (then named Pavón) and Bartolomé Mitre avenues of Avellaneda. By 1965 the Pueyrredón Bridge carried about 90,000 vehicles per day, causing frequent traffic congestions. Engineer Lauro Laura (from "Dirección Nacional de Vialidad", the Argentine national office in charge of the development, planning and conservation of national routes), took over the project to create a new bridge. The National Government
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the 99 houses on the path before demolishing them to build a bridge. Meanwhile, company "Empresa Argentina de Cemento Armado" (EACA) was awarded the tender for the construction. Originally, the access to the bridge was on Montes de Oca Avenue in Barracas. When the 9 de Julio Sur Highway was opened in the 1980s, it became the main access. The New Puente Pueyrredón was inaugurated on December 19, 1969.''Día del Camino Año 1969: Su Proyección: Inauguración de Obras y Actos Celebratorios'', edited by Dirección Nacional de Vialidad (Buenos Aires, 1970) During the 2000s, groups of
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s blocked the bridge repeatedly as a way of calling attention over their demands. In December 2002, one of those blocks ended in the dead of two activists, Maximiliano Kosteki and Manuel Santillán, killed by
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policemen in the Avellaneda railway station, distant few blocks from the bridge."Cortes en Puente Pueyrredón y en Avellaneda por Kosteki y Santillán"
''Clarín'', 26 Jun 2015


See also

*
Pueyrredón Bridge The Pueyrredón Bridge (officially called Prilidiano Pueyrredón Bridge) is a bascule bridge in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It connects Vieytes street of Barracas, Buenos Aires, Barracas neighborhood with Bartolomé Mitre Avenue in Avellaneda Parti ...


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