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{{Infobox bridge
|bridge_name=Puente Transbordador
|image= [[File:Buenos Aires
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|official_name=Transbordador del Riachuelo Nicolás Avellaneda<ref name="
|named_for = [[Nicolás Avellaneda]]
|carries=Pedestrians, carts, cars and trams
|crosses=[[Matanza River|Riachuelo River]]
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|begin = 25 September 1908
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|heritage = [[National Historic Monument of Argentina]]
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'''Puente Transbordador''' (also known as '''Buenos Aires Transporter Bridge''', '''Puente Transbordador de La Boca'''<ref name="todobuenosaires">[http://todobuenosaires.com Todos Buenos Aires]: ''[http://todobuenosaires.com/descripcion/descripcion_lugar.php?Id=598 Puente Transbordador de La Boca]'', visited 2009-06-14</ref> '''Puente Transbordador Nicolás Avellaneda''',<ref name="clarin restoration" />
The transporter bridge was the first link to connect [[Buenos Aires]] with the outskirts on the other side of the [[Matanza River|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 name of the bridge refers to [[Nicolás Avellaneda]], a former president of Argentina, who also gave the name to the [[Avellaneda Partido]] on the right bank of the river.
The platform of the transporter bridge measured 8 by 12
==History==
On September 25, 1908 the [[Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway]] was
The transporter bridge was inaugurated May 31, 1914 and operated until 1960. The [[Puente Nicolás Avellaneda]] road bridge (just 100 metres away), was constructed in 1940.
In 1997, plans were announced to restore the bridge at a cost of US$1.2 million.<ref name="clarin restoration">[http://www.clarin.com Clarin.com], 1997-11-29: ''[http://www.clarin.com/diario/1997/11/29/e-06301d.htm Restaurarán el puente Nicolás Avellaneda]''</ref> The bridge was slated to resume operation on Thursday 28 September 2017.<ref name="clarin resumption">[http://www.clarin.com Clarin.com], 2017-09-25: ''[https://www.clarin.com/ciudades/transbordador-puente-boca-vuelve-funcionar-viaje-vecinos_0_Byk4vWDsW.html El Transbordador del Puente de La Boca vuelve a funcionar con un viaje para los vecinos]''</ref>
In September 2017, the bridge was finally restored and reopened to the public for the first time in 57 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201706/192096-puente-transbordador-la-boca.html|title = Tras 60 años de inactividad, volverá a funcionar el Puente Transbordador de la Boca}}</ref>
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Construcc puente avellaneda.jpg|Bridge under construction, 1913.
File:Buenos Aires - Puente Transbordador Nicolás Avellaneda en 1932.jpg|Gondola carrying passengers and cars, 1932.
File:Horacio Coppola - Buenos Aires 1936 - Riachuelo desde la Vuelta de Rocha.jpg|View from Vuelta de Rocha, 1936.
File:Horacio Coppola - Buenos Aires 1936 - Transbordador Nicolás Avellaneda.jpg|People boarding, 1936.
File:Puente avellaneda 1951.jpg|Bridge operating in 1951.
File:Transbordador Avellaneda Pueyrredón.jpg|The Nuevo Puente Pueyrredón behind the Transbordador, 2011.
File:Buenos Aires - La Boca - Transbordador Nicolás Avellaneda - 20071225a.jpg|The bridge at night, 2007.
</gallery>
== References ==
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==External links==
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* [http://
* [http://www.buenosaires.gov.ar/areas/cultura/cpphc/sitios/detalle.php?id=11 Transbordador del Riachuelo] on the official site of [http://www.buenosaires.gov.ar Buenos Aires Government] {{in lang|es}}
* [http://www.histourist.com/detail/Puente%20Transbordador Puente Transbordador de La Boca historical photos]
{{National Historic Monuments of Argentina}}
{{Authority control}}
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[[Category:Transporter bridges]]
[[Category:Bridges in Argentina]]
[[Category:Bridges completed in 1914]]
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