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 Montreal City Hall on Rue Notre-Dame in January 2006 | |
 Interactive map of Notre-Dame Street | |
| Native name | rue Notre-Dame (French) |
|---|---|
| Part of |  R-138 east of Sherbrooke Street |
| Location | Montreal andLanaudière |
| West end | 34e Avenue,Lachine |
| Major junctions |   A-25 (TCH) Autoroute L.-H. La Fontaine R-134 Jacques-Cartier Bridge A-20 as service lane R-112 Peel Street R-136 Ville-Marie Boulevard R-343 Montée de Saint-Sulpice R-131 Rue Saint-Antoine (Lavaltrie) R-158 Rue Principale |
| East end | Rue de Bienville,Berthierville |
| Construction | |
| Inauguration | 1672 |
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Notre-Dame Street (officially inFrench:Rue Notre-Dame) is a historic east–west street located inMontreal, Quebec, Canada. It runs parallel to theSaint Lawrence River, fromLachine to the eastern tip of theisland inPointe-aux-Trembles,[1][2] then continuing off the island into theLanaudière region.
One of the oldest streets in Montreal, Notre-Dame was created in 1672. The gardens ofChâteau Vaudreuil, which had served as the official residence in Montreal of theGovernors General of New France from 1723, fronted Notre-Dame. The street's extension in 1821 led to the demolition ofMontreal's Citadel. The Bingham house, which becameDonegana's Hotel, was also located on Notre-Dame. In the early 1900s, it was the site of the formerDominion Park.
InOld Montreal, it is the site of such key structures asMontreal City Hall,Palais de Justice de Montréal, the Quebec Court of Appeal, theChâteau Ramezay,Notre-Dame Basilica and theSaint-Sulpice Seminary and theSir George-Étienne Cartier National Historic Site.
Further west, the street is home to theÉcole de technologie supérieure and runs through Montreal'sLittle Burgundy neighbourhood, historically the home to theEnglish-speakingblack community.Joe Beef Restaurant is located on Notre-Dame Street in Little Burgundy.
The funeral of Lt.-General SirBenjamin d'Urban passed down Rue Notre Dame in 1849 and was captured in a painting by James Duncan. The funeral was instrumental in allaying bitter feelings and in preventing clashes between troops and the populace following theBurning of the Parliament Buildings in Montreal on April 25, 1849. In her bookBritish Regulars in Montreal, Elinor Senior describes the cortege as follows: "All shops were closed from half-past ten in the morning until one o'clock. SirJames Edward Alexander estimated that 10,000 lined the street as minute guns sounded fromSaint Helen's Island to mark the movement of thecortege to the military burying ground on Victoria Road (now Rue Papineau)". The spire ofChrist Church can be seen on the left, together with one of the towers ofNotre-Dame Basilica in the background. The building with thecupola and pennant at half-mast, in the middleground on the right, isDonegana's Hotel, which was situated at the corner of Notre-Dame andBonsecours streets. It was destroyed by fire only a few months after the procession, on August 16, 1849.[3]
There were plans to turn the eastern portion of Notre-Dame street into an expressway.[4] It was originally envisioned thatautoroute 20 and the Ville-Marie expressway (until 2021 known as autoroute 720) nowRoute 136 were to extended all the way to theLafontaine Tunnel as a divided 6 lane highway. Work commenced on the third section of the Autoroute 720 in 1970, subsequent to the completion of the first two sections. This involved demolishing 1200 homes and businesses in order to create a 9 km right-of-way to link up with Autoroute 25. However, rising costs and a change in government never allowed the Ville-Marie expressway to extended beyond its terminus at Rene-Levesque boulevard. At the intersection of Av. Souligny and Rue Dickson, Av. Souligny serves as a brief highway spur that would have been a continuation of Autoroute 720 (if it had been fully completed), using the same kilometer markers. It provides access to Autoroute 25 via exits 15N and 15S.
Notre-Dame Street continues off of the Island of Montreal, heading northeast towardsQuebec City, and is known as theChemin du Roy (Route 138). The nameRue Notre-Dame is used as far east asLavaltrie; beyond here, Route 138 becomesGrande Côte Ouest inSaint-Damien.
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