Agiou Nikolaou Street
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Agiou Nikolaou Street (Greek: Odos Agiou Nikolaou, meaning Saint Nicholas in which a church is nearby), is one of the major streets in Patras and it runs partially one way eastbound from Korinthou, until 1994, the street ran one way throughout. The street begins from Agiou Andreas near the square up to near the access with Kolokotronis Street, motorists no longer uses the road stretching from Agios Andreas to Maizonos Streets in which the three-block part is now entirely a walkway which is also filled with restaurant chairs and is a popular shopping area. The road contains two lanes from Maizonos to Korinthou and a single lane throughout, the rest are used for parking. East of the street are steps that number around 150 and is tall as 50 m above sea level and is 30 m tall. The stairs are surrounded by small lampposts and trees
Residential buildings along with shops and restaurants with neo-classical and modern architectures covers the entire street.
[edit] History
The avenue 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 eastbound on its entirety until 1994 when the section east of Korinthou became two-way with one lane, in the mid to late 1990s, a part of the road from Agiou Andreou to Maizonos was transformed into a walkway, construction took a few years to complete with tiles as well as bushes, gates and restaurant seats by the restaurants. Several traffic lights became pedestrian lights.
[edit] Intersections
In order from east to west, except for one intersection, all have traffic lights especially pedestrian lights:
- Walkway:
- Agios Andreas Street
- Riga Feraiou Street
- Both uses:
- Street section:
- Korinthou Street
- Street becomes two-way eastward
- Kanaris Street
- Karaiskakis Street
