After nearly 60 years, Lima Municipality rehabilitates Conchán bridge with S/4.3 million investment

Lima's Metropolitan Municipality has finished a comprehensive rehabilitation and structural reinforcement of the Conchán bridge in the Lurín district. This vital infrastructure had not seen an intervention of this scale since its original construction in 1966. The project, costing S/4.3 million, is expected to benefit more than 800,000 users who travel daily along this southern corridor of the capital.

The work, carried out by EMAPE, has restored the bridge's structural integrity, extended its service life, and enhanced safety conditions for both vehicular and pedestrian traffic. The bridge had been closed since March 2025 due to a roadbed subsidence, which had disrupted traffic on the Panamericana Sur and alternative routes.

Key improvements included rebuilding 12 structural columns, reinforcing foundations, and constructing new retaining walls. The municipality also renewed bridge joints, approach slabs, pedestrian walkways, and metal railings. A new asphalt surface was laid, and slopes were improved with structural material to boost the infrastructure's resilience.

During the handover ceremony, Lima Mayor Renzo Reggiardo stated the bridge had suffered from years of neglect due to the previous concessionaire's lack of maintenance. He emphasized the urgent need for the intervention, noting the bridge's abandoned state. Reggiardo also mentioned ongoing efforts for disaster prevention, including river dredging and cleaning, and offered the municipality's operational capacity to support national efforts against the El Niño phenomenon.

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There was an urgent need. They asked us to do something about the Conchán bridge because it was abandoned. We recovered the roads with great effort.