The street is 100 metres (330 ft) wide and runs 3.6 kilometres (2.2 miles) from east to west, between Tsurumi-cho and Fukushima-cho within the green belt.
There are 5 bridges connecting to the street including the west and east Peace Bridges by Isamu Noguchi.
The west-end bridge connects to "Nishi Hiroshima Station" and the east-end bridge connects to "Hijiyama Park"
History
The construction was started by citizens and students in 1945, the year World War II ended, as a buffer zone to protect the spread of radiation.
On 6 August 1945, tens of thousands of citizens and students were killed by the a-bomb. The exact number of victims is still unknown.
In the mid-1950s, there was a tree-planting campaign. Around 120,000 trees were donated from Hiroshima Prefecture alone, and many more trees and plants were presented from all over Japan and the rest of the world in the name of peace.
Now, the Peace Boulevard and the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park are places of recreation and relaxation for citizens.
