Avenida Rio Branco
| Avenida Rio Branco | |
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| Former name(s) | Avenida Central |
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| Length | 1,800 m (5,900 ft) |
| Width | 33 metres (108 ft) |
| Location | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Coordinates | 22°54′17″S 43°10′39″W / 22.90472°S 43.17750°WCoordinates: 22°54′17″S 43°10′39″W / 22.90472°S 43.17750°W |
| North | Vevd. da Perimetral |
| East | Pres. Antonio Carlos Avenue |
| South | Beira Mar Avenue |
| West | Republic of Paraguay Avenue |
| Construction | |
| Inauguration | September 7, 1904 |
The Avenida Rio Branco, formerly Avenida Central, is a major road in Rio de Janeiro. It was built as the leading brand of the urban reform carried out by the mayor Pereira Passos in early 20th century.
It is one of the main thoroughfares of the city, being the scene of many important events.
The Rio de Janeiro the early years of Republic still retained much of its colonial urban grid, which by now seemed outdated and anachronistic both in architectural terms as urban. Moreover, the old colonial center of town was overcrowded and prone to diseases such as yellow fever and smallpox. In this context fits the opening of Central Avenue, part of a major modernization program in Rio de Janeiro following canons European urban planning and health.
The person responsible for the reforms was the engineer Francisco Pereira Passos, appointed governor of Rio de Janeiro (Distrito Federal) by President Rodrigues Alves in 1902. The works commenced in March 1904 with the demolition of 641 homes, displacing nearly 3,900 people. After six months of work was open from end to end.
At the same time opened up the avenue of Mangue, razed to the Mount of the Senate, widened streets in the center, urbanized part of the edge of Guanabara Bay and began the urbanization of Copacabana among other reforms. At the end of the government of Pereira Passos, in 1906, The city had a new look.
The Central Avenue linking the new port city (where the current Praca Maua) to the region glory, which at that time was expanding urbanism. The project was responsible for the engineer Paulo de Frontin, head of the Construction Committee of Central Avenue. The new avenue was 1800 meters long and 33 meters wide and three hundred colonial houses were razed in the process to raise modern buildings. The facades of buildings for the Central Avenue were chosen in a contest, in which jurors were, among others, Mayor Pereira Passos, Paulo de Front in the Minister of Transportation and Public Works, Lauro Müller and the Director General of Public Health Oswaldo Cruz.
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