Originally, Jean-Antoine Morand wanted to name the street Allée des Soupirs (Alley of Sighs).

[1] The name of Tronchet was given from the French Restoration to the section of the street located between the banks of the Rhône and the current Rue Garibaldi.

[6] During the Second World War, the street was the place of a shooting by Germans in which several dozen French were killed.

After the Rue Garibaldi, the two to five-floor buildings are simple, then the alignment progressively ends notably with a sculpted facade of a hotel, two old houses and a very recent porch.

[6] Among the famous monuments and buildings in this street, there are the Buchet et Colcombet silk factory, the convent of Franciscan nuns, the school Jean Rostand, the clinical Lyon Tête d'Or, the Lycée du Parc, the gymnasium and swimming pool of the Tronchet sports complex.