Pie-IX Boulevard
 Metro Pie-IX, looking south from Sherbrooke Street. | |
| Native name | boulevard Pie-IX (French) |
|---|---|
| Part of |  R-125 |
| Length | 11 km (6.8 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
[edit]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 BRT reserved bus lane 439 bus.
The Montréal-Nord commuter rail station is located on Pie-IX Boulevard.
Pie-IX BRT
[edit]After an initial attempt in the 1990s, a bus rapid transit (BRT) opened on November 7, 2022. Currently, the BRT runs from Saint-Martin in Laval to Pie-IX and Mont-Royal in Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie. The Jean-Talon and Bélanger stations are under construction that includes a transfer to a new unnamed station on the Blue Line.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Integrated PIE-IX BRT Project". Société de transport de Montréal. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
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