Madero Street

Francisco I. Madero Avenue
Calle Madero (Madero Street)
Calle Madero; The Torre Latinoamericana in the background
Former name(s)Calle de La Profesa, Calle de San Francisco, Paseo de Plateros
NamesakeFrancisco I. Madero
TypePedestrian
Length700 m (2,300 ft)
LocationHistoric center of Mexico City
Postal code06000
Nearest metro stationAllende, Bellas Artes, San Juan de Letrán, Zócalo
Coordinates19°26′01″N 99°08′14″W / 19.433617°N 99.137296°W / 19.433617; -99.137296
East endZócalo (Constitution Square)
West endEje Central
Construction
Inauguration1862 (1862)

Francisco I. Madero Avenue, commonly known as simply Madero Street, is a geographically and historically significant pedestrian street of Mexico City and a major thoroughfare of the historic city center. It has an east–west orientation from Zócalo to the Eje Central. From that point the street is called Avenida Juárez and becomes accessible to one-way traffic from one of the city's main boulevards, the Paseo de la Reforma.

It was named in honour of one of the most important figures in the Mexican RevolutionFrancisco I. Madero, a leader of the Anti-Re-election Movement and who was briefly President of Mexico before his assassination in 1913.