Montreal Road is a major east-west Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

 road that links Lowertown

Lower Town

Lowertown is a district in the central area of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada to the east of downtown. It is bounded roughly by Rideau Street to the south, Sussex Drive and Ottawa River to the north, the Rideau Canal to the west, and the Rideau River to the east...

 to Vanier

Vanier, Ontario

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, and eastern neighbourhoods of Ottawa. Until downloading in 1998, it was part of the provincially managed Highway 17B.

At its western end, Montreal Road begins at the Cummings Bridge

Cummings Bridge

The Cummings Bridge in Ottawa, constructed in 1921, connects Rideau Street to Montreal Road in Vanier.-History:The area east of the Cummings Bridge, later named Vanier was first linked to the Sandy Hill area of Ottawa with a wooden bridge erected in 1835, which went over a small island in the...

, which spans the Rideau River

Rideau River

thumb|Rapids on the Rideau River opposite [[Carleton University]].The Rideau River is a Southern Ontario river which flows north from Upper Rideau Lake and empties into the Ottawa River at Rideau Falls in Ottawa, Ontario. Its length is 146 km...

 and is an extension of Rideau Street. It becomes Vanier

Vanier, Ontario

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's main road as it passes through the commercial heart of the community.

East of St. Laurent Boulevard

St. Laurent Boulevard (Ottawa)

St. Laurent Boulevard is an arterial road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Beginning at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police college complex at Sandridge Road in the Manor Park neighbourhood, St. Laurent Boulevard runs in a straight line, slightly east of south, until it reaches Walkley Road. It then...

, it becomes a four-lane principal road which divides several neighbourhoods such as Beacon Hill

Beacon Hill (Gloucester)

Beacon Hill is a neighbourhood located in the north-east section of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Beacon Hill was a part of Gloucester until it was amalgamated with the new city of Ottawa. It is sometimes colloquially referred to as "The Beaks","Beacon","The Hill" or "The BH".Beacon Hill is a primarily...

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At Regional Road 174, Montreal Road continues as St. Joseph Boulevard which runs through the older portions of Orleans

Orléans, Ontario

Orleans , also written Orléans, is a suburban area within the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the eastern part of the city along the Ottawa River, about from downtown Ottawa. The Canada 2006 Census gave Orleans a population of 95,491. It became a ward of the City of Ottawa in 2001...

 Village until Trim Road

Trim Road (Ottawa)

Trim Road is an arterial road in the eastern end of Orléans, Ontario . It serves as the only road access to Petrie Island and its public beach in the Ottawa River. From Petrie Island, Trim runs south through the eastern suburban areas of Orleans and then south into rural former Cumberland Township...

. It continues east of Trim Road under the name Old Montreal Road. This road, which was known as Queen Street prior to amalgamation in 2001, goes through the old Cumberland

Cumberland, Ottawa, Ontario (community)

Cumberland is a large village on the Ottawa River in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the city of Ottawa. It was part of the historic Township of Cumberland, and was originally part of Russell County, joining the Region of Ottawa-Carleton in the 1960s. In 1999, the township became the short lived City...

 Village and ends at Regional Road 174 just past Becketts Creek.

Points of interest along this road are (from west to east):

• Montfort Hospital
  Montfort Hospital
  The Montfort Hospital is a hospital in Ottawa, Canada. It is noted for being the only fully bilingual hospital in the province of Ontario.The hospital was founded in 1953 by the Filles de la Sagesse Catholic order and was named after one of its founders Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort. It...
  
   (Ontario's Francophone hospital)
• National Research Council
  National Research Council of Canada
  The National Research Council is an agency of the Government of Canada which conducts scientific research and development.- History :...
  
   labs
• Greens Creek Conservation Area
• Place d'Orleans
  Place d'Orleans
  Place d'Orléans is a large shopping mall in the eastern end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in the community of Orléans. The property is about . It currently holds three large department stores and about 175 small shops, including a food court...
  
   Shopping Centre
• Orleans Town Centre.

There are bus lanes between North River Road and St. Laurent Boulevard to speed transit service during rush hours. Future plans by the city could include an LRT corridor on this stretch all the way to Blair Road

Blair Road (Ottawa)

Blair Road is a road in the eastern part of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It begins just south of the Rockcliffe 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 the Ottawa...

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Neighbourhoods

Montreal Road goes through the following neighbourhoods:

• Vanier
  Vanier, Ontario
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• Cardinal Glen
• Rothwell Heights
• Beacon Hill
  Beacon Hill (Gloucester)
  Beacon Hill is a neighbourhood located in the north-east section of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Beacon Hill was a part of Gloucester until it was amalgamated with the new city of Ottawa. It is sometimes colloquially referred to as "The Beaks","Beacon","The Hill" or "The BH".Beacon Hill is a primarily...
  
  

St. Joseph Boulevard goes through the following neighbourhoods (all part of Orleans):

• Convent Glen
• Queenswood
• Fallingbrook

Major intersections

On Montreal Road:

• Vanier Parkway (Ottawa Road 19)
• St. Laurent Boulevard (Ottawa Road 26)
• Aviation Parkway
  Aviation Parkway (Ottawa)
  The Aviation Parkway is a parkway in Ottawa, Canada.The parkway begins at Highway 417 and proceeds north, passing beside Ken Steele Park and Ottawa's only French college, La Cité collégiale...
  
  
• Blair Road
  Blair Road (Ottawa)
  Blair Road is a road in the eastern part of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It begins just south of the Rockcliffe 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 the Ottawa...
  
   (Ottawa Road 27)
• Ogilvie Road (Ottawa Road 50)
• Regional Road 174
  Regional Road 174
  Ottawa Regional Road 174, commonly referred to as Highway 174, is a regionally maintained road in the city of Ottawa which serves the eastern suburbs of Orléans and Cumberland. Although the road continues through the towns of Rockland and Hawkesbury to the Quebec border, the portion east of the...
  
  

On St.Joseph Boulevard:

• Jeanne d'Arc Boulevard (Ottawa Road 55)
• Orleans Boulevard (Ottawa Road 56)
• Tenth Line Road
  Tenth Line Road (Ottawa)
  Tenth Line Road is a designated arterial road in Orléans, Ontario. Its northern terminus is at Jeanne d'Arc Boulevard in Ottawa's east end. From there, it intersects or crosses with roads such as Regional Road 174, St. Joseph Boulevard, Innes Road, and further south into the rural areas of Ottawa...
  
   (Ottawa Road 36)
• Trim Road
  Trim Road (Ottawa)
  Trim Road is an arterial road in the eastern end of Orléans, Ontario . It serves as the only road access to Petrie Island and its public beach in the Ottawa River. From Petrie Island, Trim runs south through the eastern suburban areas of Orleans and then south into rural former Cumberland Township...
  
  (Ottawa Road 57)