Road closures during Ottawa Race Weekend
Posted May 26, 2012 01:14:15 PM.
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Thousands have converged on the Capital for Ottawa Race Weekend. With the races comes road closures. Here’s the complete rundown as you make your way around town this weekend:
Saturday May 26th:
•Laurier Avenue between Metcalfe Street and Nicholas Avenue – 2:00 – 9:00 pm
•Elgin Street between Lisgar Street and Wellington Street – 2:00 – 7:30 pm
•Elgin Street between Lisgar Street and Frank Street – 3:30-4:30 pm.
•Elgin Street between Catherine Street and Queen Elizabeth Drive – 4:30-8:45 pm
•Elgin Street between Lisgar Street and Cooper Street – 4:30-5:30 pm
•Elgin Street between Lisgar Street and Catherine Street – 6:15-7:00 pm
•Frank Street between Elgin Street and Queen Elizabeth Drive 3:45-4:45 pm
•Lisgar Street between Cartier Street and Elgin Street – 4:30 – 7:00 pm
•Queen Street between Elgin Street and O’Connor Street – 4:30-5:15 pm
•O’Connor Street between Wellington Street & Albert Street – 4:30 – 5:35 pm
•Wellington Street eastbound between Bank Street and Colonel By Drive – 4:30-5:30 pm
•Bronson Avenue southbound between 5th Avenue and Colonel By Drive – 6:00-8:00 pm (lane reductions)
•Colonel By Drive between Rideau Street & Main Street – 4:00-6:15 pm
•Colonel By Drive between Main Street and Hawthorne Avenue – 4:00-8:30 pm.
•Colonel By Drive between Hawthorne Avenue and Bronson Avenue- 4:00-8:30 pm
•Pretoria Bridge – 4:30 – 8:45 pm
•Lakeside Avenue between Queen Elizabeth Drive and Bronson Avenue – 6:30-7:45 pm
•Catherine Street between Elgin Street and Queen Elizabeth Drive- 4:30- 5:45 pm
•Argyle Avenue between and Elgin Street and Queen Elizabeth Drive- 6:30-8:45 pm
•Queen Elizabeth Drive between Somerset Street West & Elgin Street – 3:00 – 9:00 pm
•Queen Elizabeth Drive between Elgin Street and Preston Street – 4:00-8:30 pm
Sunday May 27th:
•Laurier Avenue between Nicholas Street and Elgin Street – 5:00 am – 3:00 pm
•Laurier Avenue between Elgin Street and Metcalfe Street – 5:00 am – 10:00 am
•Queen Elizabeth Drive between Preston Street and Elgin Street – 5:00 am – 10:00 am
•Queen Elizabeth Drive between Lawrence Frieman and Laurier Avenue 5:00 am – 6:00 pm
•Queen Elizabeth Drive between Elgin Street and Somerset Street- 6:15 am-2:30 pm
•Elgin Street between Lisgar Street and Slater Street – 5:00 am – 10:00 am
•Elgin Street between Lisgar Street and Cooper Street – 6:00 am – 9:30 am
•Elgin Street between Lisgar Street and Catherine Avenue – 8:45 am – 9:30 am
•Lisgar Street between Cartier Street and Elgin Street –5:00 am – 9:30 am
•Wellington Street Eastbound between Elgin Street and Colonel By Drive – 6:30 am – 2:00 pm
•Rideau Street westbound between Sussex Drive and MacKenzie Avenue – 7:30 am – 2:00 pm
•Somerset Street West between Elgin Street and Queen Elizabeth Drive- 7:45 am – 8:30 am
•Preston Street between Queen Elizabeth Drive and Carling Avenue – 6:30 am – 10:35 am (northbound lanes)
•Carling Avenue westbound between Preston Street and Sherwood Drive – 6:45am – 10:30 am
•Carling Avenue eastbound between Preston Street and Rochester Street – 6:45 am – 10:30 am
•Sherwood Drive between Carling Avenue and Fairmont Avenue – 6:15 am – 10:45 am
•Fairmont Avenue between Sherwood Drive & Wellington Street – 6:15 am – 11:15 am
•Wellington Street between Fairmont Avenue & Island Park Drive – 6:15 am – 11:30 am
•Richmond Road between Island Park Drive and Athlone Avenue – 6:15 am – 9:30 am
•Athlone Avenue between Richmond Road and Scott Street – 6:15 am – 9:30 am
•Parkdale Avenue between Burnside Avenue & Scott Street – 6:30 am – 11:45 am or Sir Frederic Banting Drive and Columbine Drive between same time
•Scott Street eastbound between Churchill Avenue & Island Park Drive – 6:15 am – 10:00 am
•Scott Street westbound between Island Park Drive and Parkdale Avenue – 6:15 am – 11:45 am
•Island Park Drive between Scott Street and Richmond Road – 8:15 am – 11:30 am
•Ottawa River Parkway/Wellington between Booth Street and Island Park Drive – 6:15 am – 12:00 pm
•Booth Street between Wellington Street and Eddy Street – 6:45 am – 12:30 pm
•Eddy Street between Booth Street and Wright Street –7:00 am – 12:45 pm
•Alexandre Tache Boulevard between Eddy Street and Montcalm Street – 7:00 am – 12:30 pm
•Alexandre Tache Boulevard between Montcalm Street and Scott Street – 7:00 am – 10:45 am
•Scott Street between Alexandre Tache Boulevard and Graham Avenue– 7:00 am – 11:00 am
•Promenade Lac des Fees between Graham Avenue and St. Jean Bosco Street – 7:00 am – 11:00 am
•St. Jean Bosco Street between Promenade Lac des Fees and Lois Street – 7:00-11:15 am
•Lois Street between St. Jean Bosco Street and Montcalm Street – 7:00-11:30 am
•Montcalm Street between St. Joseph Boulevard and Papineau Street – 7:00 – 11:30 am (southbound lanes only)
•Montcalm Street between Papineau Street and Wellington Street – 7:00-11:30 am
•Montcalm Street between Wellington Street & Alexandre Tache Boulevard – 7:00 am – 12:30 pm
•Wellington Street between Montcalm Street and Laval Street –7:00 am-12:30 pm
•Laval Street between Promenade du Portage and Hotel de Ville Street –7:00 am – 12:30 pm.
•Hotel de Ville Street between Laval Street and Laurier Street – 7:00 am –12:30 pm
•Laurier Street between Hotel de Ville Street and Des Allumettieres Boulevard –7:00 am –1:00 pm
•Sussex Drive between St. Patrick Street and Rockcliffe Parkway – 6:00 am –1:30 pm
•Sussex Drive one lane and southbound between St. Patrick Street and Rideau Street – 7:00 am and 1:45 pm
•MacKenzie Avenue between St. Patrick Street & Rideau Street – 7:00 am and 1:15 pm
•Rockcliffe Parkway between Princess and Aviation Parkway– 6:45 am – 1:30 pm
•Princess Avenue between Sussex Drive & Lisgar Road – 6:45 am – 1:30 pm
•Lisgar Road between Buena Vista Road and Rockcliffe Parkway – 6:45 am – 12:15 pm
•Birch Avenue between Sandridge Road and Hemlock Road- 6:45 am – 12:45 pm
•Hemlock Road westbound between Birch Avenue and Beechwood Avenue – 6:45 am – 1:00 pm
•Beechwood Avenue westbound between Lansdowne Road and Acacia Avenue – 6:45 am – 1:00 pm
•Beechwood Avenue one lane westbound between Acacia Avenue and Crichton Street – 6:45 am – 1:15 pm
•Crichton Street northbound between Beechwood Avenue and Dufferin Street – 6:45am – 1:15 pm
•Dufferin Street between Stanley Avenue and Crichton Street – 6:45 am – 1:15 pm
•Stanley Avenue between Dufferin Street and Sussex Drive– 6:45 am – 1:30 pm
•Colonel By Drive – Rideau Street to Hawthorne Avenue 6:00 am – 2:00 pm
•Pretoria Bridge – 6:30 a.m. – 2:00 pm
