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 Tor di Quinto 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 miles) 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 stops (Piazza Euclide and Acqua Acetosa, Rome–Viterbo railway).
Notes
- ^ "Deliberazione Consiglio Comunale di Roma 1494 del 18/07/1957".
- ^ Viaduct of Corso Francia – Pier Luigi Nervi
- ^ See Rendina-Paradisi, p. 568.
Bibliography
- Claudio Rendina; Donatella Paradisi (2004). Le strade di Roma. Vol. 2, E–O. Rome: Newton Compton Editori.