Baseline Road ( Ottawa Road #16) is a road in

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, Canada. Baseline runs from Richmond Road (almost directly over Highway 416) east in a straight line until it ends at the

Heron Road Bridge The Heron Road Workers Memorial Bridge (formerly the Heron Road Bridge) is a bridge in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It connects Baseline Road to Heron Road and allows east–west traffic to cross both the Rideau River and the Rideau Canal just south ...

over the

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and

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when it becomes

Heron Road Heron Road (Ottawa Road #16) is a major road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It runs from Walkley Road at an angle to the Rideau River, where it turns into Baseline Road. Heron is home to the Public Works and Government Services Canada headquarters, t ...

. Before the 2001 City of Ottawa amalgamation, Baseline formed the border of the city of Ottawa and

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. The street is named for its location as the

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for

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. When Nepean Township was surveyed, Baseline formed the northern boundary of Nepean's six north–south

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s. Currently, Baseline is a major east–west street, and in the late 1990s it became so busy that

Hunt Club Road Hunt Club Road, also known as Ottawa Road 32, is a major east–west route in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It originally ran from a dead end east of Bank Street to the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club; later, there were many extensions due to the 1970s h ...

had to be extended west of the Rideau River to alleviate pressure. Points of interest on Baseline include the

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, the Boy Scouts Museum,

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and the

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. Baseline Road is a four-lane principal arterial road for its entire length, except between Centrepointe Drive and Navaho Drive, where it is a five-lane/six-lane arterial (three eastbound lanes and three westbound lanes – a bus lane is present from Constellation west to Centrepointe in lieu of the third westbound lane). The speed limit is for most of its length except a short section west of Greenbank Road, where it is . Ramsayville Road in southeast Ottawa used to be called Base Line Road before 2003. The name had to be changed when the former city of Gloucester amalgamated with the city of Ottawa, to avoid confusion. In the future, Baseline Road will have bus lanes between Navaho Drive and

Prince of Wales Drive Prince of Wales Drive ( Ottawa Road #73) is a road serving Ottawa, Ontario, named after the eponymous road in Battersea, London, U.K. The northern section is a low-speed street running along the west bank of the Rideau River, while southern porti ...

to speed up transit service in this stretch (

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bus route 88) due to consistent heavy traffic.

Major intersections

* ( Richmond Road /

Robertson Road Robertson Road ( Ottawa Road #36) is a road in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It runs approximately between Baseline Road east of Bells Corners and Eagleson Road in Kanata where the road continues west as Hazeldean Road. At Baseline ...

) & *

Cedarview Road Cedarview Road (Ottawa Road #23) is a north–south road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It runs between Bells Corners and Barrhaven. Formerly a major arterial road for Barrhaven residents, its use declined after the opening of Highway 416 in 1999. ...

* Valley Stream Drive & John Sutherland Drive (the latter provides access to

) * Sandcastle Drive * Monterey Drive * Morrison Avenue * Guthrie Street * Greenbank Road * Centrepointe Drive & Cobden Road * Centrepointe Drive & Highgate Road *

Woodroffe Avenue Woodroffe Avenue ( Ottawa Road #15) is a major north-south arterial road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's west end. It runs south from the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway through Baseline Road and Barrhaven to just short of Prince of Wales Drive near ...

* Navaho Drive * Clyde Avenue *

Merivale Road Merivale Road is an arterial road in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It starts at Island Park Drive just north of Highway 417 and continues south until it ends at Prince of Wales Drive in Rideau Glen. South of Clyde Avenue, Merivale is ...

* Fisher Avenue *

(east of Prince of Wales, Baseline Road becomes Heron Road)

External links

Google Maps: Baseline Rd
{{Ottawa Roads Roads in Ottawa