Crossing over the Manzanares, it is part of the Paseo de Santa María de la Cabeza [es], that eventually becomes the A-42 (the motorway to Toledo) south of the river.

[1] In 1932, the Ayuntamiento de Madrid determined to name it after the city of Prague (Praga in Spanish).

[1] Upon the time for the inauguration of the second bridge, it was determined it would be named puente de los Héroes del Alcázar de Toledo, yet pretty much everybody stuck to the Praga name of the old bridge.

[2] As there were problems in the foundation works and the quality of the materials was deficient, authorities determined the demolition of the bridge in 1964, to replace it by a new one.

[4] In 2009 the bridge was officially renamed to Puente de Praga,[3] as still nobody knew the bridge by the Héroes del Alcázar de Toledo name, and the Praga name already was featured even in city guides and street maps.