Greenbank Road (Ottawa)

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Greenbank Road is a major north-south road in Ottawa, Ontario that serves central Nepean and Barrhaven. From its northern terminus at the Queensway until its intersection with Jockvale Road, it is designated Ottawa Road #13.

Greenbank Road is a continuation of Pinecrest Road (which starts at Carling Avenue) at its interchange with the Queensway. There are several stores near the Queensway, in a complex called Pinecrest Shopping Centre which includes the IKEA superstore, a Chapter's book store, a Corbeil electronic store, a Michael's arts and crafts store, a Sears Home Deco, a Linen Chest decoration stores as well as a Starbuck's coffe shop.

South of the shopping centre, there are several apartment buildings while heading south to Baseline Road. Greenbank Road is an artery for the communities of Craig Henry, Trend Village, and Arlington Woods, passing by Sir Robert Borden High School and Greenbank Middle School. Between Hunt Club Road and Fallowfield Road, Greenbank passes through the Greenbelt as a two-lane road. Traffic used to be quite heavy along this stretch of road as Barrhaven grew, but it has since been alleviated by the construction of Highway 416 to the west in 1999 and the widening of Woodroffe Avenue to the east in 2005.

In Barrhaven, Greenbank Road is a major road serving the older neighbourhoods. Several big-box stores line the road just south of Fallowfield Road and also around Strandherd Drive. One of the shopping complex is called Riocan Marketplace which includes a Loblaws, a Winners, a Wal-Mart, a Business Depot, a Tim Horton's, a Wendy's, a GNC, and other smaller stores. Other large stores in the vicinity includes a Loeb, a Home Depot and a Canadian Tire. Most of the road in Barrhaven is four lanes, except for a bottleneck in which traffic is reduced to two lanes to cross the CN Rail tracks.

South of old Barrhaven, Ottawa Road #13 (and most traffic) follows Jockvale Road to serve newly-developed communities. Greenbank Road continues as a rural road south to Prince of Wales Drive. A narrow bridge crossing the Jock River discourages most traffic, although there are plans to re-align the road.