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 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.

Buenos Aires Province bore all the costs of the bridge despite it also serving the Argentinian capital.

[4] In September 2017, the bridge was finally restored and reopened to the public for the first time in 57 years.