Corso di Francia (Rome)

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Corso di Francia
Type Driveway
Location Rome, Italy
Quarter Parioli
Postal code 00191
Coordinates 41°56′11.0″N 12°28′18.0″E / 41.936389°N 12.471667°E / 41.936389; 12.471667
From Viale Maresciallo Pilsudski
Major
junctions
Via del Foro Italico
To Via Cassia Nuova
Construction
Construction start 1930s
Completion 1960s

Corso di Francia, informally called Corso Francia, is a street in the northern area of Rome (Italy).
It runs in a south–north direction between the Quarters Parioli and and, together with the nearby Via del Foro Italico and Viale Guglielmo Marconi, is the only urban road in the town to overpass the Tiber keeping the same name on both banks.

The street, named after France,[1] is divided into two parts. The first one, towards the city center, is formed by the Ponte Flaminio and by a viaduct that crosses the area of the Olympic Village, about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) long, designed by Pier Luigi Nervi;[2] the beams of the overpass rest on pillars ranging from a minimum of 3.50 metres (11.5 ft) to a maximum of 8 metres (26 ft) meters in height. The second part passes under the overpass of Via del Foro Italico and continues until the junction between Via Cassia Nuova and Via Flaminia Nuova.[3]

Transports[]

Train stop Train stops (Piazza Euclide and Acqua Acetosa, Rome–Viterbo railway).

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Deliberazione Consiglio Comunale di Roma 1494 del 18/07/1957".
  2. ^ Viaduct of Corso Francia - Pier Luigi Nervi
  3. ^ See Rendina-Paradisi, p. 568.

Bibliography[]

  • Claudio Rendina; Donatella Paradisi (2004). Le strade di Roma. Vol. 2, E–O. Rome: Newton Compton Editori.
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