Aleje Jerozolimskie
The Jerozolimskie Avenue ( German: Jerusalem Avenues) is one of the main streets of Warsaw. It starts on the outskirts of Warsaw Vistula embankment. Before the Second World War ended on Artur Zawisza Square. In the 1960s it was extended to the suburb Pruszków, which meant an increase in length from the original 2.7 to almost 16 kilometers.
The street name is reminiscent of a Jewish settlement that was built in the 18th century from the Warsaw area in the vicinity of today's Zawisza Square. The road was staked in the years 1824-1825.
Along the "old" Jerusalem avenues run tracks of leading by the Warsaw city center Long distance railway traffic - first ( east to west ) in two tunnels for the suburban and long-distance traffic, then under the central station, go under a concrete slab, and even more in an open excavation. The first tunnel was built between 1921-1932, the second in the post-war period.
On the "old" section, intersections are the Nowy Swiat Street, with Krucza road, with the Marszałkowska Street, Emilii Plater Street, John Paul II Avenue, Żelazna Street and the Artur- Zawisza Square. The "new" section was built on the former rail yard and runs through Warsaw suburbs. In this section, many road crossings were built on two levels, which connect the road with the new arterial roads to the A2 motorway.
The intersection with the Marszałkowska Street ( Rondo Romana Dmowskiego ) is considered as the center of Warsaw.
At the very beginning is to the left, the National Museum and the banking and financial center until 1990 the seat of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party. The intersection of Nowy Swiat - Street was designed as a round square, named after General Charles de Gaulle. In the middle is an artificial palm tree. Prior to the junction with the Krucza street is the Smyk 's Department Store, built in the early 1950s, despite the then obligatory style of Socialist Realism, the modern, western style kept.
Is the entrance to the subway and the PKO Rotunda in Warsaw, which was almost completely destroyed on 15 February 1979, a gas explosion at the junction with Marszałkowska street.
The next section of road there are two pavilions that form the entrance to the underground suburban railway station Warszawa Śródmieście. In the years 1952-1955 a skyscraper was built by the Soviet government - of Culture and Science Palace. On the opposite side of the road numerous apartment buildings have survived from the early 20th century.
Between the Emilia Plater Street and the John Paul II Avenue of the Central Railway Station, built at the beginning of the 1970s, and from 2010 to 2011 extensive renovations. On the opposite side of the street Mariott Hotel, built before the 1990s shift from a Swedish company.
In the next section of road and the railway tracks run under a concrete ceiling, partially built by a low office and commercial buildings, the remaining area is used as a parking lot.
Between the Żelazna -Straße and the Zawisza -Platz the iron There are train tracks laid in the open excavation. On the opposite side a Turkish company built end of the 1990s a high- home, (originally: " reform Plaza", today " Millennium Plaza" ), the is mocked because of its shape and coloring of the Varsovians than Toi - Toi or " shower cabin ".
After the Zawisza -Platz is the new street section, which extends to Pruszków begins. Because of the complicated form of the Zawisza location of the location traffic in the East direction was diverted through the district of Ochota. This section leads past at Westbahnhof ( Dworzec Zachodni ). Longitudinal the street have emerged since the 1970er years, numerous new buildings.
The traffic of the Jerusalem avenues is eastward passed through the May-3- Allee and further through the Poniatowski - bridge and Aleja Waszyngtona (Washington -Allee). The May-3- Allee was guided on a Talbrücke made of steel concrete from the beginning of the 20th century.