Hunt Club Road, also known as Ottawa Road 32, is a major east–west route in

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, Canada. It originally ran from a dead end east of Bank Street to the

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; later, there were many extensions due to the 1970s housing boom, first westward to Riverside Drive, then eastward to

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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

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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

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near Ramsayville was completed on August 21, 2014. Most of Hunt Club Road is a four-lane divided principal

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with

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, particularly between just west of

Merivale Road Merivale Road is an arterial road in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It starts at Island Park Drive just north of Highway 417 and continues south until it ends at Prince of Wales Drive in Rideau Glen. South of Clyde Avenue, Merivale is ...

and Highway 416 where it is an at-grade urban expressway. The section east of Merivale, originally a

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, 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 Hunting is the human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, or killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to harvest food (i.e. meat) and useful animal products (fur/ hide, bone/tusks, horn/ antler, ...

, carries the road over the

between

Prince of Wales Drive Prince of Wales Drive ( Ottawa Road #73) is a road serving Ottawa, Ontario, named after the eponymous road in Battersea, London, U.K. The northern section is a low-speed street running along the west bank of the Rideau River, while southern por ...

(former

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) 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

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, and the

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Major Intersections

* Old Richmond Road * Moodie Drive * Highway 416 *

Cedarview Road Cedarview Road (Ottawa Road #23) is a north–south road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It runs between Bells Corners and Barrhaven. Formerly a major arterial road for Barrhaven residents, its use declined after the opening of Highway 416 in 1999. ...

* Greenbank Road *

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 Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway through Baseline Road and Barrhaven to just short of Prince of Wales Drive near Ma ...

extended to Prince of Wales between 1984 and 1987 * Riverside Drive * Airport Parkway * Bank Street * Albion Road *

Conroy Road Conroy Road is a road in the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It runs from Walkley Road in the north to Bank Street in the south. Conroy Road forms the eastern fringe of the neighbourhood of Blossom Park, Ontario and ends in the community of Kemp ...

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