Túpac Amaru Avenue

Túpac Amaru Avenue
Aerial view in 2020
Part ofFormer Pan-American Highway
NamesakeTúpac Amaru
FromVencedores de Sángrar Highway
ToCaquetá Avenue

Túpac Amaru Avenue (Spanish: Avenida Túpac Amaru), also known as the Highway to Ancón (Spanish: Autopista a Ancón) and as the Former Northern Pan-American Highway (Spanish: Antigua Carretera Panamericana Norte) until 1974, is a major avenue in Lima, Peru. It starts at Caquetá Avenue in Rímac District, travelling northbound for over 40 blocks while crossing San Martín de Porres, Los Olivos, Independencia and Comas districts, until it reaches Trapiche, becoming the Vencedores de Sángrar Highway in Carabayllo District, which connects Lima with Canta.