University Street
| French: boulevard Robert-Bourassa rue University |
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At the corner of De La Gauchetière, looking southward.
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| Length | 2.1 km (1.3 mi) |
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| Location |
Between Notre Dame Street and Pine Avenue
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| Coordinates | 45°30′13″N 73°34′14″W / 45.503518°N 73.570496°W |
Between Notre Dame Street and Pine Avenue
Robert Bourassa Boulevard (French: boulevard Robert-Bourassa), previously wholly named University Street (French: rue University), is a major north-south artery in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The street runs 2.1 km (1.3 mi), from the foot of Quebec Autoroute 10 to the former Royal Victoria Hospital. The portion named Robert Bourassa Boulevard extends from the terminus of Autoroute 10 in the south to Sherbrooke Street in the north. It runs for 1.2 km (0.75 mi). The portion named University Street extends from Sherbrooke Street in the south to Pine Avenue in the north. It runs for 0.9 km (0.56 mi).
The street ends in the south where the Bonaventure Expressway's northern terminus is (which is also the western terminus of the Eastern Townships Expressway (A10). It also runs south into two streets that parallel the expressway on each of its sides, Duke Street on the east side and Nazareth Street on the west side of the elevated highway. The street ends in the north at the Royal Victoria Hospital parking lot that separates its main campus from the Montreal Neurological Institute and McGill University's Molson Stadium, below Mount Royal Park.
Robert Bourassa links major cross-streets Sherbrooke Street, de Maisonneuve Boulevard, Sainte-Catherine Street, Rene Levesque Boulevard, Notre Dame Street.
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