Trion Navarchon Street (Greek: Odos Trion Navarchon), is a street in Patras

Patras

Patras , ) is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers west of Athens...

 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

Greek National Road 8

The National Road 8 in Greece is a single carriageway with at-grade intersections in the Attica and Peloponnese regions. It links the cities of Patras, Corinth and Athens. Until the 1960s when the National Road 8A, a toll road, replaced it as a major route, it was the only road linking Athens and...

/E55

European route E55

European route E 55 is a E-route. It passes through the following cities:Helsingborg … Helsingør – Copenhagen – Køge – Vordingborg – Nykøbing Falster – Gedser … Rostock – Berlin – Lübbenau – Dresden – Teplice – Prague – Tábor – Linz – Salzburg – Villach – Tarvisio – Udine – Palmanova – Mestre...

 and the GR-5

Greek National Road 5

Greek National Road 5 is a highway in Western Greece. It runs from 2 km south of Rio at GR-8/GR-9 , or at the beginning of the Patras By-Pass in the south up to the city centre of Ioannina. It is now connected with a new bridge, the Rio-Antirio bridge and for 5 km is a joint with GR-48...

 and the GR-48

Greek National Road 48

Greek National Road 48 is a highway in Western and Central Greece. It runs from 2 km south of Rio at GR-8/GR-9 , or at the beginning of the Patras By-Pass in the south up to near Levadia. It is now connected with a new bridge, the Rio-Antirio bridge and for 5 km is a joint with GR-5...

 (E65

European route E65

European route E 65 is a north-south Class-A European route that begins in Malmö, Sweden and ends in Chaniá, Greece. The road is about in length.-Itinerary:* Sweden** E 65: Malmö – Ystad* Baltic sea, ferry Ystad-Świnoujście* Poland...

). It begins from Othonos-Amalias Avenue

Othonos-Amalias Avenue

Othonos Amalias Avenue , is Patras' major avenue running southbound one way entirely from Iroon Polytechneiou Avenue with Norman Street to Trion Navarcheiou Street with Akti Dymaion. It was partly the southbound part of the GR-9 . Its total length is approximately 2 km. The avenue contains...

 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. (In 2011, the section between Riga Feraiou and Agiou Andreou became a walkway too, although not paved yet).

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

History

The street was paved in the late-19th century along with neo-classical buildings were added. After World War II

World War II

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 and the Greek Civil War

Greek Civil War

The Greek Civil War was fought from 1946 to 1949 between the Greek governmental army, backed by the United Kingdom and United States, and the Democratic Army of Greece , the military branch of the Greek Communist Party , backed by Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Albania...

, 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.

Neighbourhoods

• Agios Andreas
  Agios Andreas, Patras
  Agios Andreas or Ayios Andreas also with an a and the e accented is a neighbourhood in the south-central part of the city of Patras, 2 km from the downtown core. Agios Andreas is linked with the Akti Dymaion and the GR-9/E55 and Korinthou Street...
  
  , west - south of the street
• Tsivdi, west - north of the street
• Psila Alonia, east

Intersections

In order from west to east:

• Othonos-Amalias Avenue
  Othonos-Amalias Avenue
  Othonos Amalias Avenue , is Patras' major avenue running southbound one way entirely from Iroon Polytechneiou Avenue with Norman Street to Trion Navarcheiou Street with Akti Dymaion. It was partly the southbound part of the GR-9 . Its total length is approximately 2 km. The avenue contains...
  
  
• Agiou Andreou Street
• Riga Fereou Street
• Maizonos Street
• Korinthou Street
• Karaiskakis Street
• Kanaris Street