Riverside Drive ( Ottawa Road #19) is a major road in

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, Canada, that follows along the eastern bank of the

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. Its northern terminus is at the Transitway/

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underpass just south of the Queensway, and the road proceeds south to Limebank Road where it continues as River Road until the city limits. North of the Queensway, Riverside continues as Vanier Parkway, which travels through Vanier until Beechwood Avenue. The Vanier Parkway name is linked to the neighbourhood of Vanier, which was named for former Governor General of Canada

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. Most of the road is a four-lane divided principal arterial, with a speed limit of , although the general flow is faster in many sections. Riverside is home to the Riverside Hospital, the Billings Bridge Plaza, the RA Centre,

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headquarters, Public Works Canada headquarters,

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headquarters, Vincent Massey Park,

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, and

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. Riverside originally began at

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, but the area between Montreal Road and Hurdman's Bridge was renamed River Road (now River Road North) in 1960. Riverside was re-aligned between Smyth Road and Industrial Avenue in 1986. Riverside once ended at Industrial, while it was

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that carried traffic across the Queensway to become the Vanier Parkway. The old alignment of Riverside Drive in Riverview continued to be known as Riverside Drive, serving a number of apartment building complexes, and has a

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at each end. It would later be bifurcated by the Hospital Link Road, and its northern section was renamed Lycée Place, and its southern section renamed Frobisher Lane.

Limebank Road

Limebank Road is an

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, which is a southbound continuation of Riverside Drive that starts at River Road, and continues south through Riverside South and to Mitch Owens Rd. It continues southbound through West Greely as Dozois Road.

Major intersections

On Vanier Parkway * Beechwood Avenue / St. Patrick Street *

On Riverside Drive * The Queensway / Highway 417, exit 117 * Industrial Avenue / Bus Access to Hurdman Transit Station * Smyth Road / Main Street * Bank Street * Bronson Avenue * Heron Road * Walkley Road *

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On River Road * Limebank Road * Leitrim Road * Earl Armstrong Road (and Strandherd Drive via the

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) *

Mitch Owens Road Mitch Owens Road ( Ottawa Road #8) runs along the border primarily of the former city of Gloucester and Osgoode Township. It was named for former Gloucester mayor Mitch Owens, an RCMP policeman who after Arctic and European service retired to a far ...

Neighbourhoods

* Riverview *

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* Billings Bridge * Uplands/South Keys River Road * Riverside South * Manotick * Edgewater Park Vanier Parkway * Vanier * Overbrook

References

External links

Riverside Drive/River Road/Limebank Road project

Google Maps: Riverside Drive routing
{{Ottawa Roads Roads in Ottawa