Pie-IX Boulevard
| Pie-IX Boulevard | |
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| Boulevard Pie-IX | |
 Metro Pie-IX, looking south from Sherbrooke Street. |
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| Length | 11 km (7 mi) |
| Location | Montreal |
| South end: | Notre-Dame Street |
| North end: | Henri Bourassa Boulevard |
| Construction | |
| Inauguration | 1874 |
Pie-IX Boulevard, named after Pope Pius IX, is a major boulevard on the island of Montreal. 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.
[edit] 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.
Prior to 2002, the boulevard hosted the sole bus rapid transit line in Montreal, the 505 BRT Pie-IX, which used contracirculating lanes and dedicated bus stations.[1] It is projected that in 2013, the system will come back online with two separated lanes.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b CTV Montreal, "Reserved bus lane coming to Pie-IX Boulevard", Thu Dec. 17 2009 7:07:00 PM
Coordinates: 45°32′56″N 73°32′11″W / 45.548760°N 73.536437°W
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