Azadi Avenue

Azadi Avenue
خیابان آزادی
Route information
Length 4.5 km (2.8 mi)
Major junctions
East end Azadi Square
West end Enqelab Square
Highway system

Highways in Iran

Freeways
Azadi Avenue seen from the top of Azadi Tower, facing east.
Azadi Avenue from above in the 1970s

Azadi Avenue[1][2] or Azadi Street (Persian: خیابان آزادی‎; Khiābān-e Azādi) is a trunk route in Tehran, Iran connecting Azadi Square to Enqelab Square.

The avenue's name means "Freedom" in Persian. Prior to the 1979 Revolution, the avenue was called Eisenhower avenue after the United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower.[3]

Azadi Avenue at night
From East to West
Continues as Enqelab Street

Enqelab Square		 Kargar Street
Enghelab Metro Station
Jamalzade Street
Tehran BRT Line Qarib Station
Qarib Street
Eskandari Street
Tohid Metro Station
Tohid Tunnel Local Route
Tehran BRT Line Rudaki Station
Rudaki Street
Tehran BRT Line Behbudi Station
Azarbaijan Street
Behbudi Street
Sohravard Street
Azadi Metro Station
Shadmehr Street
Jeyhun Street
Yadegar-e-Emam Expressway
Doctor Habib-o-llah Metro Station
Tehran BRT Line Sharif University Station
Tehran BRT Line Ostad Moin Station
Javad Akbari Street
Jey Street
Ostad Moin Street
Ostad Moein Metro Station
Tehran BRT Line Azadi Square Station

Azadi Square		 Saidi Expressway
Jenah Expressway
Makhsus Karaj Expressway
From West to East

References

  1. ↑ http://www.rferl.org/a/Eyewitness_From_Tehran_Today/1758936.html Eyewitness On Azadi Avenue
  2. ↑ https://books.google.ca/books?id=Q2ndCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&dq=Azadi+avenue&source=bl&ots=Ca7hslh9N3&sig=6HZOLhmPGT1hJVx8UEgDfQOFmyU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjZ8MaO6rvRAhXIxlQKHQcdBbk4ChDoAQgpMAQ#v=onepage&q=Azadi%20avenue&f=false
  3. ↑ Elliot, Jason. Mirrors of the Unseen: Journeys through Iran. Picador. p. 15.
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