Pie-IX Boulevard
Metro Pie-IX, looking south from Sherbrooke Street. | |
Native name | boulevard Pie-IX (French) |
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Length | 11 km (7 mi) |
Location | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
South end | Notre-Dame Street |
North end | Henri Bourassa Boulevard |
Construction | |
Inauguration | 1874 |
Pie-IX Boulevard (French: boulevard Pie-IX, pronounced [piˈnœf] in both English and French), named after Pope Pius IX, is a major boulevard in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It runs for roughly 11 km (6.8 mi) in a northwest–southeast direction between Henri Bourassa Boulevard and Notre-Dame East. Pie-IX Boulevard runs past the Montreal Botanical Gardens and the Olympic Stadium. The boulevard forms part of Quebec Route 125.
It traverses the boroughs of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension and Montréal-Nord.
Transit
Pie-IX metro station is located on and named for the street.
The boulevard is serviced by the 139 Pie-IX regular service bus, and the reserved bus lane 439 rush hour bus.
The Montréal-Nord commuter rail station is located on Pie-IX Boulevard.
Pie-IX BRT
After an initial attempt in the 1990s, a Bus rapid transit (BRT) line will open on Pie-IX Boulevard from 2022. This will use dedicated lanes, have priority at intersections and have all door boarding to increase capacity and improve reliability on the corridor.[1] The line will run from Saint Catherine Street in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve to Saint Martin in Laval.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Integrated PIE-IX BRT Project". Société de transport de Montréal. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
Coordinates: 45°32′56″N 73°32′11″W / 45.548760°N 73.536437°W