The tracks of the Metropolitano extend along its route between Paseo de la República and Alfonso Ugarte Avenue.

[1] The avenue's inception began in the early 20th century, as the city of Lima expanded westward.

[2] From the late 1940s to the early 1990s, the avenue's intersection with Garcilaso de la Vega was the location of the former U.S. Embassy[3][4] until its move to Monterrico due to being targeted by the terrorist group Shining Path on several occasions,[5] as well as by the MRTA, who bombed the embassy on February 14, 1990.

[6] It starts at its intersection with the Plaza Grau and the Paseo de la República with a circulating direction from east to west.

[2] The intersection with Garcilaso de la Vega is the location of the Clínica Internacional since the 1990s[7] and of the Casa Matusita, a house known for the popular belief of being of the paranormal type.