Metcalfe Street

Metcalfe Street

Metcalfe Street is a downtown arterial road in Ottawa, Canada. It is a north-south route, operating one way northbound, providing a key thoroughfare from Highway 417 (the Queensway).

The southern terminus is at Monkland Avenue in The Glebe neighbourhood. It proceeds north as a minor residential street until the Queensway interchange (exit 119). As it continues north to downtown Ottawa, Metcalfe Street detours to the east of the Canadian Museum of Nature between Argyle Street and McLeod Street, then continuing straight until Wellington Street where the road ends at Parliament Hill.

Major intersections

(from North to South):
* Wellington Street
* Sparks Street
* Albert Street
* Slater Street
* Laurier Avenue
* Somerset Street
* Gladstone Avenue
* Catherine Street
* Highway 417 (Queensway)
* Isabella Street
* Monkland Avenue

ee also

*Embassy of Argentina in Ottawa (at 81 Metcalfe)
*Metcalfe Station (OC Transpo) (at Albert and Slater streets)

References

* [http://www.ottawa.ca/city_services/planningzoning/2020/transpo/toc_en.shtml Ottawa Transportation Master Plan] , see map 7 Central Area/Inner City Road Network


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