Avenida de los Insurgentes
The Avenida de los Insurgentes (Spanish: Alley of the Insurgents ), or Insurgentes for short , is the longest main street in Mexico City and, with a total length of 28.8 km along the city's north-south axis, is the longest local street in the world. It was named after the insurgent army ( Ejército de los Insurgentes ) of the Mexican War of Independence (1810-1821).
history
The forerunner of the Insurgentes was the Via del Centenario , built at the beginning of the 20th century , which connected the city center with the southern suburbs. From the 1930s onwards, the street was paved, widened to six lanes and renamed Avenida de los Insurgentes . The latter happened during the reign of President Miguel Alemán (1946–1952). During this time, many villas and modern houses were built along the street.
course
The southern end of the road is at the Ajusco volcano , where it intersects with the Viaducto Tlalpan and merges into Carretera Federal 95 to Cuernavaca . The north end is at the intersection with Avenida Acueducto ; there the road turns into the road to Pachuca .
The avenue crosses five of Mexico City's sixteen administrative districts. Most of the city's large residential areas, known as Colonias , such as Condesa , Roma , del Valle , Napoles , San Ángel or Pedregal, are either along the road or are crossed by it.
On its course, the Insurgentes crosses several motorway rings such as the Circuito Interior and the Anillo Periférico .
The Metrobús Ciudad de México express bus system, opened in 2005, runs along the avenue from San Ángel to Metro Indios Verdes . The middle two lanes in both directions are reserved for the bus. The bus system on the Insurgentes alone transports over 200,000 passengers a day.
Sights and facilities along the street
Insurgentes Norte
- Monuments to the Indios Verdes
- La Raza Hospital of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
- Monumento a La Raza
- Torre Insignia , art tower designed by Mario Pani Darqui
- Buenavista station of the Ferrocarril Suburbano del Valle de México suburban train system
Insurgentes Centro
- Monumento a la Madre , Mother Monument, erected 1944–49
- Cuauhtémoc monument
Insurgentes Sur
- Zona Rosa shopping area
- World Trade Center México , with 52 floors one of the largest buildings in the city. The WTC also has its own conference building and a shopping center.
- Torre Mural , 133 m high office building, erected 1993–1995
- Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros , cultural center and event hall with murals by David Alfaro Siqueiros
- Hundido Park
- Teatro de los Insurgentes , a theater built in 1953 by José María Dávila .
- El monumento a Álvaro Obregón .
- Estadio Azul , the oldest stadium in the Mexican capital still used for professional football in the Ciudad de los Deportes .
- Ciudad Universitaria (CU)
- The campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, which covers several square kilometers, forms its own road system, in which the speed is limited to 40 miles per hour (64 km / h). The university is the largest in Latin America and is home to 250,000 students. The Olympic Stadium is also located on the site .
- Cuicuilco archaeological site
- Approx. 1 km south of the university, the old Cuicuilcas settlement was excavated from around 1100 BC. Was destroyed by an eruption of the Xitle volcano . The pyramid of Imán is also located here.
- Telmex building
The large shopping centers Perisur , Galerias Insurgentes and Centro Insurgentes are also along the street .
Web links
- Brief description of the street (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Noble: Lonely Planet Mexico City . Lonely Planet, Oakland CA 2000, ISBN 1-86450-087-5 .