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The Ottawa River Parkway is a 4-lane limited-access scenic parkway along the Ottawa River in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It runs from Carling Avenue near Connaught Avenue, in the city's western side, to near the Canadian War Museum where it becomes Wellington Street at Booth Street west of the Portage Bridge near the city's downtown. It is maintained by the National Capital Commission.

It is closed to commercial traffic, so the majority of vehicles are private cars. From Lincoln Fields to Dominion stations, it shares traffic with the Transitway rapid-bus network, as well as STO buses from Gatineau (between Tunney's Pasture and the Champlain Bridge). Besides being a scenic route, it serves as a commuter artery for west-end residents who work in the downtown area, particularly government employees who work at the Tunney's Pasture office complex, and other areas.

The speed limit is 60 km/h (40 mph) on most of the Parkway. However, these speed limits are routinely ignored due to the Parkway being originally designed as a scenic route, not an east/west commuter road, which is now its main function.

On Sundays during summer months (Victoria Day to Labour Day), the Parkway's vehicle lanes are restricted to pedestrian and bicycle traffic from 9am until 1pm.

List of exits

The following is a list of exits along the Ottawa River Parkway. Besides intersections and interchanges, numerous riverside park access roads are listed.

Kilometre Post†	Intersecting Roads	Notes
1	Carling Avenue
1	SW Transitway	Buses only exit; WB exit, EB entrance
3	Park Access	Park access intersection to access riverside trail and parking.
3	Woodroofe Avenue, Ottawa Route 15	At-grade intersection with traffic lights; no WB access
5	Transitway	Buses only exit; EB exit, WB entrance
5	Park Access	Park access intersection to access riverside trail, parking, and beach.
6	Island Park Drive	At-grade intersection with traffic lights
6	Park Access	Park access intercestion to access riverside trail and parking
8A	Goldenrod Street/Park Access	Access to Goldenrod Street to the south, riverside trail and parking to the north.
8B	Parkdale Avenue, Ottawa Route 71
8C	Slidell Street/River Street	NB is access to Lemieux Island
9	Transitway exit	WB entrance only
9A	Vimy Place	At-grade intersection
9B	Broad Street	At-grade intersection with traffic lights
10A	Booth Street	At-grade intersection with traffic lights
10	Outaouais Drive	Access to Victoria Island
10B	Confederation Boulevard, Portage Bridge to Gatineau, Quebec	Parkway ends

^†Exits on this freeway aren't numbered.

See also

• List of Ontario expressways