Pine Avenue () is an east–west street in

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, Canada. This street serves as the dividing line between the

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Ville-Marie borough and

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, and also serves as the northern border of the

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historic district, further west. The street borders the eastern side of

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. It begins at

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in the east, and ends at

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in the west. The entire length is serviced by the 144 Avenue des Pins bus. The

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, the former Royal Victoria Hospital,

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and the

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are on Pine Avenue, as is Cormier House, the former residence of

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. The former Pine-Parc Interchange at the intersection of Pine with

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, now demolished, was the only constructed section of the proposed Autoroute 415.

Points of interest

* Cormier House * Lady Meredith House *

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* Royal Victoria Hospital

History

Pine Avenue was built in the 1800s in industrial Montreal. Travelling East-West, Pine Avenue starts in the east at Saint-Denis Street, and ends in the West at Cote-des-Neiges Road, passing the south side of

. The Religious Hospitallers of Saint Joseph relocated the Hotel-Dieu de Montreal on Saint-Urbain Street between 1859 and 1861. In 1864, a private road named rue de l'Hôtel-Dieu was created.

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provided plans for construction of the roads on the south side of Mount Royal in 1875. The following year, in 1876, the city council finalized plans to open three roads, named Elm, Cedar, and Pine. This plan included incorporating the rue de l'Hôtel-Dieu into Pine Avenue.

Public transit

Bus routes along Pine Avenue includes the

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’s 144 Avenue Des Pins and 360 Avenue Des Pins. The 144 bus is wheelchair accessible and connects to the Atwater or Sherbrooke metro station, and the 360 is an ‘all-night’ bus that connects to Atwater or Frontenac metro station. There are no bus lanes along the length of the road. The eastern side of Pine Avenue (east of where Pine and Park meet) has bicycle trails for safe biking in the city. Further, Pine Avenue has one of the largest entrances to the

Mountain's hiking trails which was recently redone.

Pine-Park Interchange Reconstruction

In 2004 the Pine Avenue and

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intersection underwent reconstruction. Prior to 2004, the intersection had a large

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structure. The Pine-Park Interchange was too complex for a downtown inner-city intersection. The three-year construction project, beginning in 2004, demolished the overpass in an attempt to make the intersection more friendly to pedestrians and cyclists, as well as to fit the traffic needs of the downtown area better. The project completely levelled out the intersection. Taking just under three years, the reconstruction ended in the fall of 2007. The successful

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project features a 2 to 1 lane merge towards

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