Road closures: What to know for Ottawa Race Weekend

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The Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend is a major annual event in the city’s core. And while thousands will enjoy both participating in a variety of runs and cheering on the competitors, there will be road closures to consider.

Here is what you need to know.

Saturday, May 26

See road closures on an interactive map.

• Laurier Avenue between Metcalfe and Nicholas – 1 to 9 p.m.
• Elgin Street between Cooper and Wellington – 1 to 7:30 p.m.
• Elgin Street between Cooper and Frank – 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
• Elgin Street between Catherine and Queen Elizabeth Drive – 3:30 to 8:45 p.m.
• Lisgar Street between Cartier and Elgin – 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
• Elgin Street between Lisgar and Catherine – 6:15 to 7:00 p.m.
• Frank Street between Elgin and QED – 2:45 to 3:45 p.m.
• Queen Street between Elgin and Metcalfe – 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
• Metcalfe between Wellington and Albert – 3:30 to 4:35 p.m.
• Wellington between Bank and Colonel By Drive eastbound – 3:30 to 5 p.m.
• Queen Elizabeth drive between 3:30 and 8:00 p.m.
• Lakeside Avenue – 6 to 8 p.m.
• Bronson southbound between Lakeside and Colonel By Drive – 6 to 8 p.m. (lane reductions)
• Colonel By Drive between Daly and Hawthorne – 3 to 8:30 pm.
• Colonel By Drive between Hawthorne and Bronson – 3 to 8:30 p.m.
• Hawthorne between Colonel By Drive and Main Street 3 to 8:30 pm
• Main between Hawthorne and Graham 4 to 5 p.m.
• Graham between Main and Echo Drive 4 to 5 p.m.
• Echo Drive between Graham and Pretoria Bridge 4 to 5 p.m
• Pretoria Bridge – 3:30 to 8:45 p.m.
• Argyle between and Elgin and Queen Elizabeth Drive – 6:30 to 8:45 pm
• Queen Elizabeth Drive between Somerset and Elgin – 2 to 9 p.m.
• Queen Elizabeth Drive between Elgin and Preston – 3 to 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 27

See road closures on an interactive map.

• Laurier Avenue between Elgin and Metcalfe – 5 to 10 a.m.
• Laurier Avenue between Nicholas and Elgin – 5 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Queen Elizabeth Drive between Preston and Elgin – 6 to 10:45 a.m.
• Queen Elizabeth Drive between Lawrence Frieman and Laurier – 5 a.m. to 6 p.m
• Queen Elizabeth Drive between Elgin and Somerset West- 6 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
• Elgin Street between Cooper and Slater – 5 to 10:30 a.m.
• Elgin Street between Cooper and Catherine – 8:45 to 9:45 a.m.
• Lisgar Street between Cartier and Elgin – 6 to 8:30 a.m.
• Cartier Street between Lisgar and Cooper – 7:45 to 8:30 a.m.
• Cooper Street between Cartier and The Driveway – 7:45 to 8:30 am
• The Driveway between Cooper and Somerset West – 7:45 to 8:30 a.m.
• Wellington Street eastbound between Elgin and Col. By – 6:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Rideau westbound between Sussex and Mackenzie – 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Preston between Q.E. Driveway and Carling – 6:30 to 10:45 a.m (northbound lanes)
• Carling westbound between Preston and Sherwood– 6:45 to 11 a.m.
• Carling eastbound at Preston– 6:45 to 11 a.m
• Sherwood Dr between Carling and Fairmont – 6:15 to 11:15 a.m.
• Fairmont Avenue between Sherwood and Wellington – 6:15 to 11:30 a.m.
• Wellington St. between Fairmont and Island Park Drive – 6:15 to 11:45 a.m.
• Richmond Road between Island Park and Athlone – 6:15 to 9:30 a.m.
• Athlone between Richmond and Scott – 6:15 to 9:30 a.m.
• Sir Frederic Banting and Colombine – 6:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
• Scott eastbound between Churchill and Island Park– 6:15 to 10 a.m.
• Scott westbound between Island Park and Holland – 6:15 a.m. to 12 p.m.
• Island Park between Scott and Richmond – 8:15 to 11:45 a.m.
• Sir John A Macdonald Parkway/Wellington between Booth and Island Park – 6:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
• Booth Street between Wellington and Eddy Street – 6:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
• Chaudière Bridge between 6:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m.
• Eddy Street between Booth and Wright – 7 to 1 p.m.
• Alexandre-Taché between Eddy and Montcalm – 7 to 12:45 p.m.
• Alexandre-Taché between Montcalm and Scott – 7 to 10:45 a.m.
• Scott between Alexandre-Taché and Graham – 7 to 11 a.m.
• Lac des Fees between Graham and St. Jean Bosco – 7 to 11 a.m.
• St Jean Bosco between Lac des Fees and Lois – 7 to 11:15 a.m.
• Lois between St. Jean Bosco and Montcalm – 7 to 11:30 a.m.
• Montcalm between St. Joseph and Papineau – 7 to 11:30 a.m. (southbound lanes only)
• Montcalm between Papineau and Wellington – 7 to 11:30 a.m.
• Montcalm between Wellington and Tache – 7 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
• Wellington between Montcalm and Eddy – 7 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
• Promenade du Portage between Eddy and Hotel de Ville – 7 a.m.-12:45pm
• Hotel de Ville between Promenade du Portage and Laurier – 7 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
• Laurier between Hotel de Ville and des Allumettieres – 7 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
• Alexandra Bridge between 6:45 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
• St Patrick between Parent and Sussex – 6:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
• Sussex Drive between Rideau and George Etienne Cartier Parkway – 6 a.m. to –1:45 p.m.
• George Etienne Cartier Parkway between Princess and Aviation Parkway – 6:45 a.m to 1:30 p.m.
• Buena Vista between Georges Etienne Cartier Parkway and Lisgar Road – 6:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
• Lisgar Road between Buena Vista and Georges Etienne Cartier Parkway – 6:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
• Birch between Georges Etienne Cartier Parkway and Hemlock – 6:45a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
• Hemlock westbound between St. Laurent and Lansdowne – 6:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Beechwood westbound between Lansdowne and Acacia – 6:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Beechwood one lane westbound between Acacia and Crichton – 6:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
• Crichton northbound between Beechwood and Dufferin – 6:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
• Dufferin Avenue between Stanley and Crichton – 6:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
• Stanley between Dufferin and Sussex – 6:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
• Colonel By Drive – Rideau to Hawthorne Ave. – 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Pretoria Bridge – 6:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Full weekend closure

Queen Elizabeth Driveway between Laurier Avenue and Somerset Street West from Saturday at 8 am. to Sunday at 6 p.m. inclusive. This includes the Laurier Avenue East off-ramp and controlled exit and access to the National Arts Centre.

Information is subject to change.

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