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The idea of constructing July 9 Avenue (La Avenida 9 de Julio) was proposed during the time of Mayor Francisco Seeber (1889–1890). It was hoped to be like an artery that crossed through from the north to the south, connecting the two.
The idea of constructing July 9 Avenue (La Avenida 9 de Julio) was proposed during the time of Mayor Francisco Seeber (1889–1890). It was hoped to be like an artery that crossed through from the north to the south, connecting the two.
Jun 22, 2012 · 9 de Julio Avenue (or Avenida 9 de Julio, in the local tongue) in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina, is not just any street. Nine lanes wide, with gardened medians between the opposing flow of traffic, this is the widest street in the world.
The 9 de Julio Avenue project began in 1827 with the presidency of Bernardino Rivadavia, who proposed it as a way to integrate the north with the south of that incipient village.
Avenida 9 de Julio. With a remarkable width of 140 meters, Avenida 9 de Julio is one of the main arteries of Buenos Aires. The name of the avenue commemorates the day on which the Independence of Argentina was declared, July 9, 1816.
Jan 21, 2011 · The history. Dignitaries in Buenos Aires hailed the Avenida as a great monument to progress when laying its foundations in the 1930s. It was to be an urban highway running through the heart of the...
Intersecting Avenida de Mayo is Avenida 9 de Julio (July 9, Argentina’s national day of independence), called the “widest avenue in the world.” An obelisk, inaugurated in 1936, marks the intersection of Avenida 9 de Julio and Avenida Corrientes (four blocks from Plaza de Mayo).
