King Edward Avenue (Ottawa)

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South end of King Edward Avenue passing through the University of Ottawa campus

King Edward Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the eastern part of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Despite being a municipal road, a portion of the street is designated as part of Canada's National Highway System, as part of an interconnecting route between Ontario Highway 417 in Ottawa and Quebec Autoroute 5 in Gatineau.

King Edward Avenue runs from the

King Edward VII. In the 19th century the street had the "by-wash" running through its centre, an open sewer that ran from the Rideau Canal to the Rideau River
.

The by-wash was removed and replaced with a tree lined boulevard, making King Edward one of Ottawa's prettiest streets in the early 20th century.[

truck route for access to Gatineau.[1] A month later, the government of Ontario cancelled its participation on the proposal.[2] The current proposal from the city of Ottawa is to build a tunnel linking Highway 417 to Macdonald-Cartier Bridge.[3]

King Edward cuts directly down the centre of two of downtown Ottawa's oldest neighbourhoods,

Byward Market
is a sub-component of Lower Town.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kettle Island seen as best interprovincial bridge option". CBC. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
  2. ^ "Ontario says no to Kettle Island interprovincial bridge". CBC.
  3. ^ Verbaas, John. "Ottawa Prepared to Study Downtown Truck Tunnel". SSD. Retrieved April 3, 2014.

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