Pierrefonds Boulevard
{{short description|East-west road in Montreal, Quebec, Canada}}
Pierrefonds Boulevard is an east-west boulevard in the northwest of the Island of Montreal, or the northern part of West Island. It runs mostly through the borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro.
History
Pierrefonds Boulevard has a total length of 9.3 km and is an important commercial street in the west of the island, known locally as West Island. It is named in honor of the Château de Pierrefonds in France, whose notary, Joseph-Adolphe Chauret, was impressed by the Château located in the city of the same name in France. Much of the boulevard was affected during the 1974 and 2017 Quebec floods.{{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/pierrefonds-blvd-still-a-lake-but-many-flooded-evacuees-return-home|title=Pierrefonds Blvd. still a lake, but many flooded evacuees return home|author=|date=13 May 2017|website=montrealgazette.com|accessdate=18 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/pierrefonds-businesses-floodwaters-2017-1.4113642|title='We are trying to survive': Floods wash away Montreal business owners' life's work|author=|date=|website=cbc.ca|accessdate=18 May 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.thesuburban.com/news/west_island_news/pierrefonds-roxboro-in-recovery-from-flooding/article_ea00c792-a65e-5aa5-a41d-0e274ee2c998.html|title=Pierrefonds-Roxboro in recovery from flooding}} Planning of the road began in the early 1960s{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} with surveying and grading started as early as 1962.{{Cite web|url=https://archivesdemontreal.ica-atom.org/vm97-3-04-771|title = VM97-3_04_771 - Archives de Montréal}}
==Public transit==
The boulevard is well-served by the STM. Routes include 468-Pierrefonds/Gouin and 470-Express Pierrefonds, both of which connect to the Côte-Vertu Metro (rapid transit) station, and the 376-Pierrefonds/Centre-ville, which runs during the overnight period.
See also
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