Eleftheriou Venizelou Street

Eleftheriou Venizelou Street (Greek: Odos Eleftheriou Venizelou), is a street in Patras and it runs two way on its entirety. The street is named after a Greek prime minister Eleftherios Venizelos. It is located AbOUT 2 km south of The Downtown core. It begins from a street near Chalkidis Street and ends with Akti Dymaion (GR-9/E55). Its total length is approximately 1.5 km and it has about 20 blocks. The street is one lane with one parking spaces. Residential buildings with neo-classical and modern architectures covers the entire street. The northern section of the street has a railway crossing with the OSE's SPAP, the railway line since 1995 has been electrified.

Traffic

The traffic flow is mainly moderate to high.

History

The street was paved in the early to mid-20th century along with neo-classical buildings were added. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, the road was finally paved in the 1960s and several buildings were rebuilt. Until the 1970s, it marked the urban line of Patras, more houses built southward in the 1970s and the 1980s. It still for up to 200 m mark a stretched of empty unused farmland.

The street formerly began with a residential street about 100 m north of Chalkidiki Street until 1995 when in the autumn and winter seasons saw the street expanded to two lanes and the island grassy to concrete with lampposts in order to increase traffic flow, it improved railway crossing barriers and added a new traffic light by Akti Dymaion, in the same year an Alfa-Vita Vassileiopoulou was added to the north side in 1995. Another traffic light was installed by Korinthou Street.

Intersections

In order from west to east:

• Akti Dymaion
• Maizonos Street
• Korinthou Street
• Chalkidis Street

See also

• List of major streets in Patras