28 Oktovriou (Karolou) Street
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28 Oktovriou (Karolou) Street (Greek: Odos 28 Oktovriou (Karolou)), is a street in Patras and it runs one way easstbound. The entire section is an old branch of the GR-8/E55 and the GR-5 and the GR-48 (E65). It begins from Othonos-Amalias Avenue with a former port gate and ends at Korinthou Street with a road connecting the nearby mountains, its total length is approximately 1 km and it has about 12 blocks. The road contains one lane with two parking spaces on each side.
Residential buildings with neo-classical and modern architectures covers the entire street.
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[edit] Traffic
The street is frequently used, the flow is mainly high.
[edit] History
The street was paved in the late-19th century along with neo-classical buildings were added. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, the road was finally paved in the 1950s and several buildings were rebuilt. Traffic lights were installed in the 1960s and the 1970s. The street became one way westbound on its entirety. Traffic increased and later declined in the 1990s as the GR-8 and the GR-5 and the GR-48 was redirected to Iroon Polytechneiou until late-2002 which became presently redirected to the Patras Bypass.
[edit] Intersections
In order from west to east:
- Othonos-Amalias Avenue
- Agiou Andreou Street
- residential street
- Riga Fereou Street
- residential street
- Maizonos Street
- Korinthou Street
