Zagrebačka Avenue (
Croatian: ''Zagrebačka avenija'') is an important east–west avenue in western
Zagreb
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,
Croatia
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. It is a
dual carriageway with three lanes in each direction that starts as a continuation of the
Slavonska Avenue under the intersection with the Savska Road, ending at the Savska Opatovina roundabout.
It was previously part of
Ljubljanska Avenue
Ljubljanska Avenue (Croatian language, Croatian: ''Ljubljanska avenija'') is one of the most travelled thoroughfares in Zagreb, Croatia. It is a four-lane divided avenue that runs from the Savska Opatovina roundabout, rotary (located in the wester ...
, which used to span from the Jankomir interchange to Savska Road in the outer city center, but in 2006 a part of Ljubljanska Avenue was widened and separated from the old avenue to be named to Zagrebačka Avenue at the proposal of
Mayor
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Milan Bandić.
After the widening of the Savska Opatovina rotary (technically a
roundabout interchange was added), none of the other intersections were converted to interchanges, for which Bandić was publicly criticized.
as well as for making, by some accounts, an unnecessary and confusing name change for the street.
References
Roads in Zagreb
Trešnjevka
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