Promenade plantée - Paris - France
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laranja
N 48° 50.467 E 002° 23.921
31U E 455878 N 5409968
Tunnel at the former railway line, which from 1859 linked the Place de la Bastille to Varenne-Saint-Maur.
Waymark Code: WMD548
Location: Île-de-France, France
Date Posted: 11/20/2011
Views: 30
This tunnel is located in the Promenade plantée, a ‘greenway’ that crosses Paris’s entire 12th arrondissement (4.5 km) along a former railway line, that has been turned into a pedestrian walk. It begins behind the Bastille opera house and runs above avenue Daumesnil to the Jardin de Reuilly: it is the famous Viaduc des Arts. The allée Vivaldi then comprises the shopping part of the walk. Then, it continues in tunnels and cuttings to finish at the Porte Dorée and the Bois de Vincennes.
The line was closed in 1969 and in 1988 by Philippe Mathieux and Jacques Vergely created the Promenade plantée, a mixture of areas with wild vegetation that had sprung up alongside the railway line with more modern landscaped areas.
Construction: Brick or concrete block
Condition: Good
Rail Status: No
Current status: Recreation Path
Original Use: Passenger Train
The "Other End": N 48° 50.468 W 002° 23.963
Tunnel Length: 180.00
Terrain: 
Website: [Web Link]
Date Built: 1859
Date Abandoned: 1969
Suggested Parking Area: Not Listed
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