Saint Urbain Street

Saint Urbain Street
Construction
<span class="nickname" ">Rue Saint-Urbain
Saint Urbain Street in Downtown Montreal.
Location	Montreal
South end	Saint-Antoine Street
North end	Gouin Boulevard
Inauguration	1817

St. Urbain Street (officially Rue Saint-Urbain) is a major one-way street located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The street is named for Urbain Tessier (ca. 1624–1689), a farmer and carpenter who settled in the area. In the late 18th and early 19th century the street was home to several of Montreal's prominent British and French merchants, notably the explorer Alexander Henry the elder. By the turn of the 20th century, the area was industrialised and had become run down, when it was settled by Jews predominantly from Eastern Europe. Writer Mordecai Richler immortalised the area as a center of the Jewish community in Montreal and often documents what life was like on this street in novels such as St. Urbain's Horseman.^[1] From roughly 1970 onwards, the Jewish community uprooted to Outremont and the street was settled by Greek, Portuguese and Caribbean immigrants.^[2] Today much of the street has been gentrified.

References

↑ Columbo, John Robert (1984). Canadian Literary Landmarks. Willowdale, Ontario: Hounslow Press. p. 79. ISBN 0-88882-073-9. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
↑ Canadian Literary Landmarks (1984), by John Robert Colombo

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 Robert-Bourassa Boulevard/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°30′33″N 73°33′56″W / 45.509084°N 73.565564°W / 45.509084; -73.565564

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Saint Urbain Street

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