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

Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...

, Ontario, Canada. 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

Ottawa River The Ottawa River (french: Rivière des Outaouais, Algonquin: ''Kichi-Sìbì/Kitchissippi'') is a river in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. It is named after the Algonquin word 'to trade', as it was the major trade route of Eastern ...

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

Montreal Road Montreal Road (French: ''Chemin de Montréal''), also known as Ottawa Road #34, is a major east-west Ottawa road that links Lowertown to Vanier and the farther eastern neighbourhoods of Ottawa. Until downloading in 1998, it was part of the p ...

) or minor arterial road (south of Montreal Road), running past residential areas and to the east of the massive National Research Council and Canadian Security Intelligence Service 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

Ogilvie Road Ogilvie is a surname of Scottish origin. It may also refer to: People *Ogilvie (name) Places Australia *Ogilvie, Western Australia Canada *Ogilvie, Nova Scotia *Ogilvie Aerodrome, Yukon *Ogilvie Mountains, a mountain range in Yukon Scotland * ...

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 betwee ...

, 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 Confederation Line of the

O-Train The O-Train is a light metro transit system in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, operated by OC Transpo. The O-Train system has two lines, the electrically-operated Confederation Line (Line 1) and the diesel-operated Trillium Line (Line 2). Since May 20 ...

, travelling through the downtown core and ending at

Tunney's Pasture station Tunney's Pasture is the western O-Train light rail terminal train station in Ottawa, Ontario. Location It is located at the Tunney's Pasture government office complex, on Scott Street at Holland Avenue. History When originally opened in 1983, ...

. South of the Queensway it runs to the west of the

Pineview Municipal Golf Club Pineview (also spelled Pine View) is a neighbourhood in Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward in the east end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Prior to amalgamation in 2001, the neighbourhood was part of the City of Gloucester. As of the Canada 2021 Census, the ...

until it abruptly ends at Innes Road. The speed limit there is . Communities along Blair Road: * Pineview *

Beacon Hill South A beacon is an intentionally conspicuous device designed to attract attention to a specific location. A common example is the lighthouse, which draws attention to a fixed point that can be used to navigate around obstacles or into port. More mode ...

* Beacon Hill North

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External links

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