Blair Road | |
|---|---|
| "Ottawa Road 27" | |
 Map of Blair Road | |
 Blair Road near its crossing withOttawa Road 174 | |
| Route information | |
| Maintained byCity of Ottawa | |
| Length | 5 km (3.1 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| South end | Innes Road |
| North end | Cul-de-sac beforeSir George-Étienne Cartier Parkway |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Major cities | Ottawa |
| Highway system | |
Blair Road (Ottawa Road #27) is a road in the eastern part ofOttawa, Ontario, Canada. It begins just south of theSir George-Étienne Cartier Parkway, but does not connect to the parkway, except for a small bike-path connection to the Ottawa River Pathway - one of the city's main bike trails that runs along theOttawa River.
Starting out quite minor, the northernmost part of the road is a two-lane collector road (north ofMontreal Road) or minor arterial road (south of Montreal Road), running past residential areas and to the east of the massiveNational Research Council andCanadian Security Intelligence Service campuses. The speed limit on this section is 50 km/h (31 mph) and has several steep hills. This section was known as Skead Road before being joined to the southern section in the early 1970s.[citation needed]
It becomes much larger on the south side ofOgilvie Road andOttawa Road 174, where it becomes one of the major north-south routes in eastern Ottawa. It is also home toBlair station,[1] the main transit terminal for east-central Ottawa. Blair is also one of the 13 stations on the east-west, light railLine 1 of theO-Train, travelling through the downtown core and ending atTunney's Pasture station. South of the Queensway it runs to the west of thePineview Municipal Golf Club until it abruptly ends atInnes Road. The speed limit there is 70 km/h (43 mph).
Communities along Blair Road: