Belmont Street

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Belmont Street
Former names: 1st Street
Forbes Street
West end: Wiggins Avenue
East end: 17th Avenue

Belmont Street is an east-west street in Pensacola and a prominent thoroughfare in the Belmont-De Villiers district.

Belmont Street's western terminus is at Wiggins Avenue with an ultimate eastern terminus at 17th Avenue near Bayou Texar, just north of the 17th Avenue railroad trestle. However, the street is interrupted at several points:

Prior to the renaming of streets in 1906, East Belmont Street was known as 1st Street; West Belmont Street was known as Forbes Street.