Grand Boulevard is a major, seven to five-lane wide, north-south

thoroughfare A thoroughfare is a primary passage or way as a transit route through regularly trafficked areas, whether by road on dry land or, by extension, via watercraft or aircraft. On land, a thoroughfare may refer to anything from a multi-lane highway ...

that runs through the center of St. Louis,

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. It runs north through

Carondelet Park Carondelet Park, established in 1875, is the third largest park in the city of St. Louis, Missouri. The park contains nearly and is located in the southeastern portion of the city, just west of Interstate 55 Interstate 55 (I-55) is a ma ...

in the south portion of the city to the

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north of the McKinley Bridge, about midway between

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and the Mississippi River. Neighborhoods that it runs through include Dutchtown, Tower Grove East, Tower Grove South,

Compton Heights Compton Heights is a neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. It is bordered by Interstate 44 to the north, Nebraska Avenue to the east, Shenandoah Avenue to the south, and Grand Boulevard to the west. Compton Hill Reservoir Park, home to the landmar ...

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, Midtown, Jef-Vander-Lou, Fairground, and College Hill.

Mass-transit connections

Grand Boulevard connects with the

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light rail service at Grand Station. The station was closed in spring 2011 due to demolition and replacement of the

viaduct A viaduct is a specific type of bridge that consists of a series of arches, piers or columns supporting a long elevated railway or road. Typically a viaduct connects two points of roughly equal elevation, allowing direct overpass across a wide v ...

on Grand spanning the Metrolink tracks, industrial train tracks, and an industrial park. The project is expected to take 18-24 months and will include the replacement of the Grand Avenue station. As of August 20, 2012, the new larger metro and bus station and viaduct with wider pedestrian sidewalks is open. Grand Blvd also has the 70 Grand MetroBus, the busiest bus route in the St. Louis area. The route number comes from a streetcar line that previously operated on

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in the center lane of Grand Boulevard with that number.

Places on Grand Boulevard

* Sportsman's Park * Fairground Park * Divoli Branch library * St. Alphonse's Liguori Catholic Church *

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* Fox Theatre *

Grand Center The Grand Center Arts District is located in the Midtown St. Louis Historic District (on the National Register of Historic Places) north of the Saint Louis University campus. Referred to colloquially as Grand Center, the neighborhood's formal na ...

Compton Hill Reservoir Park Compton Hill Reservoir Park is a public park located in the Compton Heights, St. Louis, Compton Heights neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Located on one of the highest elevations within the city, the park surrounds a reservoir used to p ...

, site of the landmark Compton Hill

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* Carpenter Branch library *

Tower Grove Park Tower Grove Park is a municipal park in the city of St. Louis, Missouri. Most of its land was donated to the city by Henry Shaw in 1868. It is on 289 acres (1.17 km²) adjacent to the Missouri Botanical Garden, another of Shaw's legacies. I ...

, site of the annual Festival of Nations *

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*SSM

Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital is a non-profit 195-bed inpatient and outpatient pediatric medical center in St. Louis, Missouri. Since its founding in 1956, SSM Health Cardinal Glennon has provided care for children regardless of ...

* St. Mary's High School * Pevely Dairy Company Plant *

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* Powell Hall *

Cupples House The Samuel Cupples House is a historic mansion in St. Louis, Missouri, constructed from 1888 to 1890 by Samuel Cupples. It is now a museum on the campus of Saint Louis University. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. ...

Ted Drewes Ted Drewes is a family-owned frozen custard company in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The business was founded by Ted Drewes, Sr. in 1929. The shop on Chippewa Street (designated as a section of historic U.S. Route 66) is open much of the ...

, the Grand location of the locally famous Frozen custard stands * Edward Adelbert Doisy Research Center *

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88.1 FM community radio, located directly off of Grand Boulevard *

Missouri School for the Blind The Missouri School for the Blind (MSB) is a school for the blind and visually impaired in St. Louis, Missouri, operated by the State of Missouri. It has served the state of Missouri from the Greater St. Louis area for more than 150 years as a ...

, located off of Grand Blvd, the first school to adopt the Braille alphabet in America, and a teacher invented the first Braille printing press *

Grand Avenue Water Tower The Grand Avenue Water Tower is a water tower located at the intersection of Grand Blvd and 20th street in the College Hill neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. It is the oldest extant water tower in St. Louis, pre-dating both the Bissell Street ...

, the older Corinthian water tower in North St. Louis

References

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