Conroy Road is a road in the City of
Ottawa,
Ontario
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, Canada. It runs from
Walkley Road
Walkley Road ( Ottawa Road #74) is a major road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It runs from Riverside Drive to Ramseyville Road (formerly Baseline Road). It is mostly a four-lane divided road which runs through both residential and industrial ar ...
in the north to
Bank Street in the south. Conroy Road forms the eastern fringe of the neighbourhood of
Blossom Park, Ontario
Blossom Park is a neighbourhood in Gloucester-Southgate Ward in the south-end of the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Before the 2001 city of Ottawa amalgamation it was a suburb of the city of Gloucester. The current limits of the neighbourho ...
and ends in the community of
Kemp Park, Ontario
Kempark (sometimes spelled Kemp Park) is a community in Gloucester-Southgate Ward in the south end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Prior to amalgamation in 2001, it located in City of Gloucester. The community is located at the south end of Conroy Roa ...
. Conroy Road is home to
Pine Grove Forest
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and the Conroy Pit (see
Greenbelt
A green belt is a policy and land-use zone designation used in land-use planning to retain areas of largely undeveloped, wild, or agricultural land surrounding or neighboring urban areas. Similar concepts are greenways or green wedges, which h ...
), owned by the
National Capital Commission
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. Conroy Road has recently expanded, and divided between Walkley Road and
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 ho ...
due to residential expansion in Ottawa's south end. The intersection of Conroy and Walkley may be the southern terminus of the controversial
Alta Vista Parkway
Alta or ALTA may refer to:
Acronyms
* Alt-A, short for Alternative A-paper, is a type of U.S. mortgage
* American Land Title Association, a national trade association representing the land title industry
* American Literary Translators Associati ...
. Conroy Road is also known as Ottawa Road #125.
This road may be widened in the future due to rapid growth in the south end of the city. In this case, the whole route may be widened to 6 lanes including 2 HOV lanes between Walkley and Hunt Club and 4 lanes between Hunt Club and Bank Street.
External links
Google Maps: Conroy Road
{{Ottawa Roads
Roads in Ottawa