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Pie-IX Boulevard

Pie-IX Boulevard
French: boulevard Pie-IX
Boulevard Pie-IX Montreal.JPG
Metro Pie-IX, looking south from Sherbrooke Street.
Length 11 km (7 mi)
Location Montreal
South end Notre-Dame Street
North end Henri Bourassa Boulevard
Construction
Inauguration 1874

Pie-IX Boulevard (officially in French: boulevard Pie-IX), 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. The boulevard forms part of Quebec Route 125.

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. It is projected that in 2022, the system will come back online with two separated lanes.

The Montréal-Nord commuter rail station is located on Pie-IX Boulevard.


Coordinates: 45°32′56″N 73°32′11″W / 45.548760°N 73.536437°W / 45.548760; -73.536437


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