Hunt Club Road
Hunt Club Road also known as Ottawa Road #32, is a major east-west route in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Hunt Club originally ran from Bank Street in the 1960s and 1970s to allow access to the Hunt Club Golf Course and later there were many extensions due to a housing boom from the mid-1970s on, first connecting to Albion Road to Riverside Drive, but was extended east to Hawthorne Road in the late 1980s. The section between Bank Street and Riverside Drive, originally only one lane in each direction, was expanded to two lanes in each direction in 1993-1994. It was further extended across the Rideau River and then eventually to the southern edge of the suburbs to Richmond Road by the late 1990s. Construction is underway to extend Hunt Club to Highway 417 near Ramsayville.
Most of Hunt Club is a four-lane divided principal arterial road with few businesses and limited access (particularly between just west of Merivale Road and Highway 416 where it is an at-grade urban expressway). The speed limit on most sections is 80 km/h (50 mph) except in the South Keys area, where it is 60 km/h (37 mph).
The Michael J.E. Sheflin bridge carries Hunt Club Road over the Rideau River between Prince of Wales Drive (former Highway 16) and Riverside Drive. The bridge was widened over the summer of 2006, extending the left turn lanes in both directions over the full length of the bridge to alleviate congestion.
In the future, Hunt Club Road will be extended to Highway 417 in the east.[1] Also, the City's Transportation Master Plan includes widening the Hunt Club Road to six lanes between Highway 416 and Bank Street.
On Hunt Club, one may find Pine Grove Park, and the Stoney Swamp Conservation Area.
Major Intersections
- Richmond Road
- Moodie Drive
- Highway 416
- Cedarview Road
- Greenbank Road
- Woodroffe Avenue
- Merivale Road
- Prince of Wales Drive extended to Prince of Wales between 1984 and 87
- Riverside Drive
- Airport Parkway
- Bank Street Originally the east end of Hunt Club Road wasn't extended past Bank Street till the late 80s
- Albion Road
- Conroy Road
- Hawthorne Road
- Highway 417 (under construction)
Communities
- Uplands
- South Keys
- Greenboro