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located along the coast of

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and

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. It unites the districts of La Punta, La Perla, San Miguel,

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, San Isidro, Miraflores, Barranco and Chorrillos.

History

The land where the road is currently located was originally the location of large cliffs with no road access. Before the construction of the highway, some roads and

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s had preceded the project under the

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. The land was reclaimed to make way for the project using land dug up from the construction of the

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, an idea by then mayor of Miraflores . The Costa Verde project began and ended in the 1970s, with its name coming from a part of the plan that included adding

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to the then bare cliffs. During the

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, the highway was damaged and temporarily closed. The was inaugurated in 2019 to be used in the

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, as well as the

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References

{{Streets of Lima Highways in Peru

History

See also

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