History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Avenue du Haut-Pont

In Dutch: Hoge-Bruglaan

Avenue du Haut-Pont, in Saint-Gilles, has 11 buildings on the Atlas map, for 11 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 45% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 36% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19134
1914 – 19445
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 14: 1897. 3 buildings in the street are dated by the heritage inventory.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

Kind of name: Descriptive name
Theme: Places and destinations

L'avenue fut créée en 1875 et tira son nom d'un pont qui se trouvait là et permettait de relier le hameau du Tenbosch via la chaussée de Waterloo. Ce pont est attesté dans les sources depuis la fin du XVIIIe siècle. (remark in French, as published)

Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.