Blair Road (Ottawa Road #27) is a road in the eastern part of

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. It begins just south of the Rockcliffe Parkway, but does not connect to the parkway, except for a small bike-path connection to the Ottawa River Pathway - one of the city's main bike trails that runs along the

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. Starting out quite minor, the northernmost part of the road is a two-lane collector road (north of

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) or minor arterial road (south of Montreal Road), running past residential areas and to the east of the massive

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campuses. The speed limit on this section is and has several steep hills. This section was known as Skead Road before being joined to the southern section in the early 1970s. It becomes much larger on the south side of

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and

Regional Road 174 Ottawa Road 174, formerly Ottawa-Carleton Regional Road 174 and commonly referred to as Highway 174, is a city-maintained road in the City of Ottawa which serves the eastern suburbs of Orléans and Cumberland. The four-lane freeway segment betw ...

, where it becomes one of the major north-south routes in eastern Ottawa. It is also home to

Blair station Blair is a station on Ottawa's transitway and O-Train located at Blair Road and Regional Road 174. It is a major transfer point for commuters within urban Gloucester and Orléans. Location This station is adjacent to the Gloucester Centre sho ...

, the main transit terminal for east-central Ottawa. Blair is also one of the 13 stations on the east-west, light rail

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of the

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, travelling through the downtown core and ending at

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. South of the Queensway it runs to the west of the Pineview Municipal Golf Club until it abruptly ends at

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. The speed limit there is . Communities along Blair Road: *

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* Beacon Hill South * Beacon Hill North

References

External links

Google Maps: Blair Road
{{Ottawa Roads Roads in Ottawa