It extends from north to south in the districts of Lima, Lince, San Isidro and Miraflores along 52 blocks.

[1] Before the implementation of the SIT, the avenue was the seventh most congested road in Lima due to the excessive circulation of public transport units.

[3] Leguía Avenue was created as an integrating axis with the Miraflores balneario,[4] which was already growing as a town, and as a guideline to guide the urban expansion that the capital city was experiencing.

After the overthrow of Leguía by Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro, the avenue was named Avenida de la Revolución.

[5] However, due to its insurgent character, it was decided to rename the avenue, but this time with the name of the city from where Sánchez Cerro's uprising was led: Arequipa.