Avenida de Berlim
| Avenida de Berlim | |
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| Basic data | |
| place | Lisbon |
| District | Olivais |
| Hist. Names | Avenida de Ligação entre Aeroportos , Avenida Entre-Aeroportos |
| Technical specifications | |
| Street length | approx. 3000 m |
The Avenida de Berlim is a higher-level inner-city street in the municipality of Olivais in the Portuguese capital Lisbon . It leads from Parque das Nações in a westerly direction to Lisbon-Portela Airport , where the arms of the street also flow into Avenida das Comunidades Portuguesas , Avenida Cidade do Porto and Avenida Marechal Craveiro Lopes .
history
The road was built in the late 1930s as part of the construction of the two new Lisbon airports. It was supposed to serve as a fast car connection between today's Aeroporto da Portela and the landing site for seaplanes Aeroporto Marítimo de Cabo Ruivo on the Tagus River . The street's original name was Avenida de Ligação entre Aeroportos or Avenida Entre-Aeroportos .
After the water airport was closed in the late 1950s, the Câmara Municipal of Lisbon decided on December 28, 1964 to rename the street to Avenida de Berlim . The name change goes back to a letter from the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, who had requested that the street on which the German School was located be named after the city of Berlin .
Web links
- Toponímia de Lisboa (Portuguese)
Coordinates: 38 ° 46 ′ 6.4 " N , 9 ° 6 ′ 45.7" W.