New Arbat Avenue

New Arbat Avenue
Native nameНовый Арбат (Russian)
Length1.5 km (0.93 mi)
LocationArbat District, Moscow, Russia
Postal code119019, 121069, 121099, 121205, 127025
Nearest metro station#3 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line Arbatskaya
#3 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line Smolenskaya
#4 Filyovskaya line Arbatskaya
#4 Filyovskaya line Smolenskaya
Coordinates55°45′04″N 37°35′28″E / 55.75111°N 37.59111°E / 55.75111; 37.59111

New Arbat Avenue (Russian: Новый Арбат) is a major street in Moscow running west from Arbatskaya Square on the Boulevard Ring to Novoarbatsky Bridge on the opposite bank of the Moskva River. The modern eight-lane avenue (originally named Kalinin Prospekt in 1968–1994), along with two rows of high-rise buildings, was constructed between 1962 and 1968, and was literally cut through the old, narrow streets of the Arbat District.