Robert-Bourassa Boulevard — University Street
Robert Bourassa Boulevard, formerly named University Street, is a major north-south artery in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada, that is in total length.
Robert Bourassa Boulevard runs from the foot of the Bonaventure Expressway to where it intersects with Sherbrooke Street. A substantial portion of the road retains the name University Street, and runs from McGill University to the former Royal Victoria Hospital complex, where the road ends.
Origins
University Street was named and inaugurated on November 30, 1842. The major part of the street links Dorchester and Sherbrooke Street and was ceded by the descendants of Sir Thomas Phillips, a merchant, and a construction entrepreneur who became a city councillor in the 1840s. University then ended at Sherbrooke Street, where a little path continued to McGill University from which the street got its name. It was eventually extended from Sherbrooke Street to just past Pine Avenue, where it reaches the base of Mount Royal and goes along the former Royal Victoria Hospital.McGill University has many buildings on the street.
On March 15, 2015, following a decision to rename the street, University Street was shortened to a three-blocks section between Sherbrooke Street and Pine Avenue and now ends slightly beyond at the base of Mount Royal.