Montgomery Square

Marshal Montgomery Square (French: Square Maréchal Montgomery, Dutch: Maarschalk Montgomeryplein), usually shortened to Montgomery Square, is a major intersection in the eastern municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre of Brussels, Belgium. It is named in honour of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, a senior British Army officer who served in the First World War, the Irish War of Independence and the Second World War.[1] It is situated on the intersection of the Avenue de Tervueren/Tervurenlaan, the Boulevard Brand Whitlock/Brand Whitlocklaan and the Boulevard Saint-Michel/Sint-Michielslaan.

For other uses, see Montgomery Square (disambiguation).

Square Montgomery (in French)
Montgomeryplein (in Dutch)
View of the Square Montgomery roundabout
Location within Brussels
Location Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates 50°50′15″N 04°24′27″E
Construction
Completion c. 1870

Below the square, Montgomery metro station serves as the first station on the eastern branch of line 1 of the Brussels Metro. The station is also a stop for trams 7, 25, 39 and 44, while tram 81 and various STIB/MIVB bus services stop at surface level.

Description

At surface level, the traffic intersection takes the form of a multi-lane roundabout. Traffic not turning is routed through two tunnels; the Tervuren Tunnel takes vehicles travelling on the Avenue de Tervueren/Tervurenlaan under the junction, while traffic on the Greater Ring (from the Boulevard Brand Whitlock/Brand Whitlocklaan and the Boulevard Saint-Michel/Sint-Michielslaan) is routed away from the intersection via the Montgomery Tunnel.

The centre of the roundabout is occupied by a large fountain, while a statue of Montgomery stands on the Avenue de Tervueren facing it.[1]

References

Notes
  1. "Montgomery - Square Montgomery". Woluwe Saint Pierre. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
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