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St. John Street (Portland, Maine)

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bus station was formerly located at the intersection of St. John Street and Congress Street, opposite The Inn at St. John. The building, constructed in 1961, closed in 2019, after 32 years of ownership by Greyhound. Buses now depart from the
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The Inn at St. John (formerly the Hotel Victoria), which stands at the intersection of St. John Street and Congress Street, has been in operation since 1897. Its location was chosen because of its proximity to Union Station.
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stood in Railroad Square on St. John Street between 1888 and 1961, when it was demolished and replaced with today's Union Station Plaza
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Both St. John Street and adjacent Valley Street were built upon land occupied by Portland's
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The Origins of the Street Names of the City of Portland, Maine as of 1995
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Portland's Best: Your Brick by Brick Guide to New England's Finest City
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at St. John Street and Park Avenue. The line continues behind
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Union Station Plaza, which now occupies the former site of
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is located between St. John Street and Valley Street.
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Index

43°39′12″N 70°16′46″W / 43.6534°N 70.2795°W / 43.6534; -70.2795

Union Station
Portland, Maine
Brighton Avenue
Portland, Maine
Maine State Route 25
Maine State Route 22
Congress Street
Interstate 295

Union Station
poor farm
John Bundy Brown
Union Station
strip mall
Maine Central Railroad General Office Building
National Register of Historic Places
Portland and Ogdensburg Railway
Maine Central Railroad
trestle bridge
Hadlock Field
Fitzpatrick Stadium
Forest Avenue
Deering Oaks Park
McDonald's
Greyhound
park and ride
Greater Portland Metro
Portland Transportation Center

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