De Maisonneuve Boulevard
Boulevard in Montreal, Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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De Maisonneuve Boulevard (officially in French: boulevard De Maisonneuve) is a major westbound boulevard located in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is named after the founder of Montreal, Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve. It is a one-way street westbound.
Native name | boulevard De Maisonneuve (French) |
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Former name(s) | Western, Saint-Luc, Burnside Place |
Owner | Cities of Montreal and Westmount |
Length | 11 km (6.8 mi) |
Location | Montreal and Westmount |
Coordinates | 45.510877°N 73.56508°W / 45.510877; -73.56508 |
West end | Rue West Broadway, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce |
Major junctions | R-335 A-15 |
East end | Rue du Havre, Sainte-Marie |
Construction | |
Inauguration | November 5, 1966 |
De Maisonneuve Boulevard is about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) long and begins on Du Havre Street in the east end (one block east of Frontenac Street in the borough of Ville-Marie), and ends at West Broadway in the city's west end (in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce) near Concordia University's Loyola Campus. The street also runs through the wealthy enclave of Westmount, and is cut in two by Westmount Park.