Trion Navarchon Street

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Trion Navarchon street, the steps

The pedestrianized part of the street

Trion Navarchon Street (Greek: Odos Trion Navarchon), is a street in Patras and it runs two way with a walkway southeast of Riga Fereou Street covering much of the section. The north section is a branch of the GR-8/E55 and the GR-5 and the GR-48 (E65). It begins from Othonos-Amalias Avenue and Akti Dymaion and ends with Kanaris Street its total length is approximately 600 m and it has about 12 blocks. The street is divided and contains one lane with two parking spaces on each side except of the section to Agiou Andreou Street, the street used to serve traffic and became a walkway.

Residential buildings with neo-classical and modern architectures covers the entire street. Shops dominate the walkway section

1 Traffic
2 History
3 Neighbourhoods
4 Intersections
5 See also

[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 central and the southern parts of the street became a walkway. 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.