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Hunt Club Road, also known as Ottawa Road 32, is a major east–west route in
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Hunt Club Road, also known as Ottawa Road 32, is a major east–west route in Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southern Ontario, southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the cor ...
, Ontario
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, Canada. It originally ran from a dead end east of Bank Street (Ottawa Road 31, formerly Ontario Highway 31
King's Highway 31, commonly referred to as Highway 31 and historically known as the Metcalfe Road, was a Ontario Provincial Highway Network, provincially maintained highway in the Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. The route connected Ontario ...
) to the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club
The Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club, often referred to as Ottawa Hunt or the Hunt Club, is a private golf and curling club in Canada, located in Ottawa, Ontario. Founded in 1908 as a hunting club, it has hosted many world-class professional and amateur ...
; later, there were many extensions due to the 1970s housing boom, first westward to Riverside Drive, then eastward to Hawthorne Road in the late 1980s. The section between Bank Street and Riverside Drive, originally only one lane in each direction, was expanded to two lanes in each direction in 1993–1994. It was further extended across the Rideau River
The Rideau River (, ) is a river in Eastern Ontario, Canada. The river flows north from Upper Rideau Lake and empties into the Ottawa River at the Rideau Falls in Ottawa, Ontario. Its length is .
As explained in a writing by Samuel de Champl ...
and the southern edge of the suburbs to Richmond Road by the late 1990s; this extension is signed as West Hunt Club Road by the City of Ottawa. Construction to extend Hunt Club eastward to Highway 417 near Ramsayville was completed on August 21, 2014.
Most of Hunt Club Road is a four-lane divided principal arterial road
An arterial road or arterial thoroughfare is a high-capacity urban road that sits below highway
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with limited access, particularly between just west of Merivale Road and Highway 416 where it is an at-grade urban expressway. The section east of Merivale, originally a tank farm, has transformed into a major big-box retail area.
The speed limit on most sections is except in the South Keys area, where it is .
The Michael J.E. Sheflin Bridge, better known as the Hunt Club Bridge, carries the road over the Rideau River
The Rideau River (, ) is a river in Eastern Ontario, Canada. The river flows north from Upper Rideau Lake and empties into the Ottawa River at the Rideau Falls in Ottawa, Ontario. Its length is .
As explained in a writing by Samuel de Champl ...
between Prince of Wales Drive (former Highway 16) and Riverside Drive. The bridge was widened over the summer of 2006, extending the left turn lanes in both directions over the full length of the bridge to alleviate congestion.
The City's Transportation Master Plan includes the widening of the road to six lanes between Highway 416 and Bank Street.
Along the road, one may find Pine Grove Park, and the Stoney Swamp Conservation Area.
Major Intersections
* Ottawa Road 59 ( Old Richmond Road) * Ottawa Road 11 (Moodie Drive) * Highway 416 (Veterans Memorial Highway) * Ottawa Road 23 ( Cedarview Road) * Ottawa Road 13 (Greenbank Road) * Ottawa Road 15 (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 Kichi Zibi Mikan through Baseline Road and Barrhaven to just short of Prince of Wales Drive near Manotick. T ...
)
* Ottawa Road 17 ( Merivale Road)
* Ottawa Road 73 ( Prince of Wales Drive, formerly Ontario Highway 16
King's Highway 16, commonly referred to as Highway 16 and historically as the Prescott Highway, is a Ontario Provincial Highway Network, provincially maintained highway in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. The ...
), extended to Prince of Wales between 1984 and 1987
* Ottawa Road 19 ( Riverside Drive)
* Ottawa Road 79 ( Airport Parkway)
* Ottawa Road 31 ( Bank Street, formerly Ontario Highway 31
King's Highway 31, commonly referred to as Highway 31 and historically known as the Metcalfe Road, was a Ontario Provincial Highway Network, provincially maintained highway in the Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. The route connected Ontario ...
)
* Albion Road
* Ottawa Road 125 ( Conroy Road)
* Ottawa Road 32 ( Hawthorne Road)
* Highway 417
Communities
* Uplands * South Keys * GreenboroReferences
External links
Hunt Club Bridge Project Information Page
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