Puente Transbordador
Puente Transbordador | |
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The bridge in 2012.
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Carries | Pedestrians, carts, cars and trams |
Crosses | Riachuelo River |
Locale | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Official name | Transbordador del Riachuelo Nicolás Avellaneda[1] |
Characteristics | |
Design | Truss |
History | |
Opened | 1914 |
Closed | 1960[2] |
Puente Transbordador (also known as Buenos Aires Transporter Bridge, Puente Transbordador de La Boca[3] Puente Transbordador Nicolás Avellaneda,[2] Antiguo Puente Nicolás Avellaneda or Transbordador del Riachuelo[1] ) is a transporter bridge in Buenos Aires, Argentina, it was completed in 1914. The bridge was in use until 1960 and may be preserved as a historical monument in the future.
The transporter bridge was the first link to connect Buenos Aires with the outskirts on the other side of the Riachuelo River. The bridge links the Avenida La Plata in the neighbourhood Island Maciel of Dock Sud with Avenida Almirante Brown in the La Boca neighbourhood of Buenos Aires.
The name of the bridge refers to Nicolás Avellaneda, a former president of Argentina, who also gave the name to the Avellaneda Partido on the right bank of the river.
The platform of the transporter bridge measured 8 by 12 metres and could be operated from a control stand on itself or from the machine house. It was designed to carry pedestrians, carts, cars and trams.
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History
On September 25, 1908 the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway was authorised to build a transporter bridge uniting the city of Buenos Aires with Buenos Aires Province south of the Riachuelo River. Buenos Aires Province bore all the costs of the bridge despite it also serving the Argentinian capital.
The transporter bridge was inaugurated May 31, 1914 and operated until 1960. The Puente Nicolás Avellaneda road bridge (just 100 metres away), was constructed in 1940.
Gallery
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Construcc puente avellaneda.jpg
Bridge under construction, 1913.
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Buenos Aires - Puente Transbordador Nicolás Avellaneda en 1932.jpg
Gondola carrying passengers and cars, 1932.
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Horacio Coppola - Buenos Aires 1936 - Riachuelo desde la Vuelta de Rocha.jpg
View from Vuelta de Rocha, 1936.
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Horacio Coppola - Buenos Aires 1936 - Transbordador Nicolás Avellaneda.jpg
People boarding, 1936.
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Puente avellaneda 1951.jpg
Bridge operating in 1951.
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Transbordador Avellaneda Pueyrredón.jpg
The Nuevo Puente Pueyrredón behind the Transbordador, 2011.
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Buenos Aires - La Boca - Transbordador Nicolás Avellaneda - 20071225a.jpg
The bridge at night, 2007.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Buenos Aires, Gobierno de la Ciudad: Transbordador del Riachuelo, visited 2009-06-14
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Clarin.com, 1997-11-29: Restaurarán el puente Nicolás Avellaneda
- ↑ Todos Buenos Aires: Puente Transbordador de La Boca, visited 2009-06-14
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Transbordador Nicolás Avellaneda. |
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- Puente Transbordador de La Boca in Todos Buenos Aires (Spanish)
- Transbordador del Riachuelo on the official site of Buenos Aires Government (Spanish)
- Puente Transbordador de La Boca historical photos (Spanish)
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