Travelling East-West, Pine Avenue starts in the east at Saint-Denis Street, and ends in the West at Cote-des-Neiges Road, passing the south side of Mount Royal.

Frederick Law Olmsted provided plans for construction of the roads on the south side of Mount Royal in 1875.

Further, Pine Avenue has one of the largest entrances to the Mount Royal Mountain's hiking trails which was just recently redone.

The three-year construction project, beginning in 2004, demolished the overpass in an attempt to make the intersection more friendly to pedestrians and cyclists, as well as to fit the traffic needs of the downtown area better.

The successful urban development project features a 2 to 1 lane merge towards Downtown Montreal to mitigate the traffic as well crosswalks making the intersection accessible to pedestrians.