Airport Parkway (Ottawa)

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Airport Parkway (Ottawa Route 79) is an expressway in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It runs from the Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Heron Road where it turns into Bronson Avenue.^[1][2]

Airport Parkway is a two-lane expressway for most of its length, and is home to one of Ontario's only two single-point urban interchanges at its Hunt Club Road exit. The speed limit is 80 km/h (50 mph) for its entire length. There has been some discussing in twinning it to a four-lane expressway or freeway, although those discussions have stalled due to local controversy.^[3]

Until 1997, Airport Parkway was maintained by the federal government of Canada under the jurisdiction of the National Capital Commission.

[edit] List of Exits

The following is a list of exits along Airport Parkway. Some exits on Bronson Avenue are also included.

Airport Parkway Exit list

To Downtown Ottawa Bronson Avenue continues as undivided 4-lane arterial road to Queensway and Downtown Ottawa Queen Elizabeth Driveway overpass Rideau Canal bridge 8 Colonel By Drive, Bronson Place Campus Avenue/Sunnyside Avenue to Carleton University At-grade signalized intersection Brewer Way, to Brewer Park At-grade signalized intersection G. Dunbar Bridge over Rideau River Becomes Bronson Aveune NB; Becomes Airport Parkway SB 7B Riverside Drive, Ottawa Route 19 From NB, use Heron Road off-ramp to access Riverside Drive; Becomes four-lane expressway 7A Heron Road, Ottawa Route 16 Exits only, no entrances; NB ramp also provides access to Riverside Drive; No NB to EB access O-Train overpass 6 Brookfield Road, Ottawa Route 51 Becomes two-lane expressway Railway underpass 5 Walkley Road, Ottawa Route 74 NB exit and SB entrance only Railway underpass 3 Hunt Club Road, Ottawa Route 32 1 Alert Road, Lester Road, Uplands Drive Taxiway underpass Becomes four-lane divided road Air Cargo Pvt/Airbus Pvt At-grade signalized intersection Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Exit numbers are approximate kilometre posts; exits on the Airport Parkway aren't numbered.

[edit] See also

• List of Ontario expressways

[edit] References

1. ^ City of Ottawa. Transportation Master Plan. Retrieved on 2006-11-25. See map 6 Urban Road Network, accessed 25 November 2006
2. ^ Google Maps. Airport Parkway, Otttawa route. Retrieved on 2006-11-25.
3. ^ Ottawa South Community Association (March 1998). OSCA President's Report. Light-Rail and the Airport Parkway. Retrieved on 2006-11-25.