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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
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, 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
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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): * 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 ...
* Somerset Street * Gladstone Avenue * Catherine Street * 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) * High Commission of Australia in Ottawa *
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 {{Ontario-road-stub