Christophe Colomb Avenue

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Christophe Colomb Avenue
Construction
Avenue Christophe-Colomb
Christophe Colomb Avenue, seen northbound, with the tower of Église St-Arsène.
Length	8.5 km (5.3 mi)
Location	Montreal
South end	Rachel Street
North end	Gouin Boulevard
Inauguration	1897

Christophe Colomb Avenue (French: Avenue Christophe-Colomb) is a major north-south street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It has a length of 8.5 kilometres (5.3 miles), and crosses the boroughs of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie, Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension and Ahuntsic-Cartierville. The street is predominantly residential south of Villeray Street and is a large urban boulevard to the north.

The street was named after Christopher Columbus on December 20, 1897.

Christophe Colomb Avenue begins at Rachel Street, near Lafontaine Park in the south. It is a prolongation of Parc-Lafontaine Street. It is interrupted by Sir Wilfrid Laurier Park between Laurier Avenue and Saint Grégoire Street for distance of 400 metres. In the north, the street ends at Gouin Boulevard, near Louis Hébert Park and the Rivière des Prairies.

Points of interest

La Fontaine Park
Sir Wilfrid Laurier Park
Église Saint-Arsène
Patro Le Prevost: sports and recreation centre
Villeray Park
Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard
Boisé de Saint-Sulpice

v t e Roads, bridges and tunnels in Montreal

North-south streets	Greene Avenue Atwater Avenue Côte-des-Neiges Road Guy Street Mackay Street Bishop Street Crescent Street Mountain Street Drummond Street Stanley Street Peel Street Metcalfe Street McTavish Street Mansfield Street McGill College Avenue University Street McGill Street Park Avenue Jeanne-Mance Street Saint Urbain Street Saint Laurent Boulevard Saint Denis Street Berri Street Saint Hubert Street Christophe Colomb Avenue Papineau Avenue De Lorimier Avenue Saint Michel Boulevard Pie-IX Boulevard Langelier Boulevard

East-west streets	Gouin Boulevard Henri Bourassa Boulevard Jarry Street Jean Talon Street Beaubien Street Queen Mary Road Côte-Saint-Luc Road Laurier Avenue Saint Joseph Boulevard Mount Royal Avenue Pine Avenue Doctor Penfield Avenue Sherbrooke Street Ontario Street De Maisonneuve Boulevard Saint Catherine Street René Lévesque Boulevard De la Gauchetière Street Viger Avenue Saint Antoine Street Saint Jacques Street Notre-Dame Street Rue Saint-Paul Wellington Street Rue de la Commune

Expressways	10 (Bonaventure Expressway) 13 (Chomedey Expressway) 15 (Laurentides Expressway) 19 (Papineau Expressway) 20 25 (Louis-H-Lafontaine Expressway) 40 (Metropolitan Expressway) 520 (Côte-de-liesse Expressway) 720 (Ville-Marie Expressway) Decarie Interchange Turcot Interchange

Routes	Route 112 (Bridge & Mountain) Route 117 (Laurentian & Marcel Laurin) Route 125 (Pie-IX) Route 138 (Sherbrooke Street) Route 335 (St. Denis)

Bridges and tunnels	List of bridges to the Island of Montreal Champlain Bridge Charles de Gaulle Bridge Galipeault Bridge Honoré Mercier Bridge Jacques Cartier Bridge Île aux Tourtes Bridge Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge-Tunnel Louis Bisson Bridge Médéric Martin Bridge Olivier-Charbonneau Bridge Papineau-Leblanc Bridge Pie IX Bridge Le Gardeur Bridge Viau Bridge Victoria Bridge Tunnel de la mort

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Coordinates: 45°32′43″N 73°36′58″W / 45.5453°N 73.616°W / 45.5453; -73.616

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