O'Connor Street is a downtown
arterial road
An arterial road or arterial thoroughfare is a high-capacity urban road that sits below highway
A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It includes not just major roads, but also other public roads and rights o ...
in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is a north–south route, operating one way southbound, providing a key thoroughfare parallel to
Bank Street.
The roadway begins at
Wellington Street, at
Parliament Hill
Parliament Hill (), colloquially known as The Hill, is an area of Crown land on the southern bank of the Ottawa River that houses the Parliament of Canada in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. It accommodates a suite of Gothic revival buildings whose ...
, proceeding south towards the Queensway (
Highway 417) where there is a westbound on-ramp. South of the Queensway, O'Connor continues as a local street in
The Glebe
The Glebe is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located just south of Downtown Ottawa in the Capital Ward. As of 2016, the neighbourhood had a population of 13,055.
The Glebe is bounded on the north by the Queensway, on the e ...
neighbourhood until it reaches its southern terminus at Holmwood Avenue.
A two-way
cycle track
A cycle track or cycleway (''British'') or bikeway (''mainly North American''), sometimes historically referred to as a sidepath, is a separate route for cycles and not motor vehicles. In some cases cycle tracks are also used by other users such ...
was built along the east side of the street in 2016.
Major intersections
(from North to South):
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Wellington Street
*
Sparks Street
*
Albert Street
*
Slater Street
*
Laurier Avenue
Laurier Avenue (; Ottawa Road #48) is a central east west street running through Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Originally known as "Maria Street" (west of Waller) and "Theodore Street" (east of Waller), it was renamed in honour of Canadian Prime M ...
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Somerset Street
*
Gladstone Avenue
* Catherine Street
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Highway 417 (
Queensway)
* Isabella Street
* Fifth Avenue
* Holmwood Avenue
See also
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Dominion-Chalmers United Church
Dominion Chalmers United Church is a large United Church of Canada, United church, located in downtown Ottawa, at the corner of Cooper and O'Connor Street (Ottawa), O'Connor Streets (with access from Lisgar Street). It is a 1962 merger of two key ...
(O'Connor at Lisgar)
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High Commission of Australia in Ottawa
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Ottawa Curling Club
The Ottawa Curling Club is an historic curling club located on O'Connor Street (Ottawa), O'Connor Street in the Centretown, Ottawa, Centretown neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is the oldest curling club in Ottawa, established in 1851 ...
(at 440 O'Connor)
References
Ottawa Transportation Master Plan see map 7 Central Area/Inner City Road Network
Roads in Ottawa
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