Somerset Street (Ottawa)
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Somerset Street is a street in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is divided into Somerset Street East and Somerset Street West by the Rideau Canal.
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[edit] Somerset Street East
Somerset Street East is a short road that runs through the neighbourhood of Sandy Hill from the University of Ottawa campus to the west and Strathcona Park to the east. Somerset also used to extend east over the Rideau River towards St. Laurent Boulevard. However, that bridge was demolished, and the street was renamed to Donald Street east of the river.
[edit] Somerset Street West
Also known as Ottawa Road #36, Somerset Street West begins at the Queen Elizabeth Driveway in the east and continues west to Wellington Street. Somerset Street West houses the backbone of Ottawa's Chinatown, between Kent Street in the east to Booth Street in the west. The street also crosses Preston Street, the centre of Ottawa's Little Italy. The western terminus of Somerset Street, particularly the area west of the train tracks, is known for drugs and prostitution.
[edit] In between
At one time, the two Somerset Streets had been connected by a bridge over the Rideau Canal. However, this bridge has long been removed. On the east side of the canal, there is a pedestrian link from the multi-use pathway that runs alongside the canal, across Colonel By Drive, and under Nicholas Street and the transitway, onto the University of Ottawa campus. The street continues through the campus as Marie Curie Private, with traffic restricted to bicycles in the westbound direction.
The Corktown Footbridge connects the two sides, but is restricted to non-motorized traffic. The bridge opened to the public on September 21, 2006.
[edit] External links
A large public weblog of photographs of many buildings on Somerset Street West made after 2003 is available at http://www.somersetstreet.com/
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