Avenue de Paris Avenue de Paris Avenue de Paris is a seaside, palm-lined street in Beirut, Lebanon. The avenue, which forms with Avenue General de Gaulle the Corniche Beirut promenade, is popular with rollerbladers, cyclists and joggers. The municipality of Beirut initiated in 2001 an embellishment of the Avenue de Paris section of the Corniche Beirut, a project that was conceived and designed by Lebanese artist, Lena Kelekian. The project included the replacement of the 76 cement benches with new ones covered with colorful cut ceramics as well as a Mega Chessboard on the widest section of the sidewalk. The U.S. embassy, which
Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City lend its known nickname, the "Killer Highway". The Mass Rapid Transit Line 7 (MRT 7), which will connect with the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 at North Avenue Common Station, began construction in 2016. Most of the alignment of the MRT 7 will follow the Center island of Commonwealth Avenue up to Regalado Highway. The Commonwealth Avenue is divided to two portions, the 6–8-lane Fairview Avenue and the 18-lane Don Mariano Marcos Avenue. The Don Mariano Avenue was constructed in the late-1960s as a two-lane highway to offer a route towards the Batasang Pambansa Complex. Quezon City was then the