[1] It was desired to connect the Cercado de Lima with the then border area between then Carabayllo and Rímac, through then Bolognesi Avenue and the old Pan-American Highway.

The original design had a steel structure 60 m long and 13 m wide, manufactured at the Gute Hoffnunghuste plant; the work was awarded to the German firm Ferrostaal-Essen.

Its construction was carried out between the Ministry of Public Works, which managed the steel structure, and the Junta Pro Desocupados, which was in charge of the earthworks to reduce the riverbed from 500 to 60 metres.

[4] In 1953, the bridge was redesigned during the mandate of Manuel A. Odría, the given design removed the arches from the sides, as well as the road was expanded to two lanes.

[8][9] In 2022, it began the construction of the structure that will protect the bases of the bridge, which interconnects the city center with the Panamericana Norte and the Vía de Evitamiento.