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{{Short description|Road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada}}
[[File:Hunt Club.jpg|thumb|Hunt Club Road just east of [[Riverside Drive (Ottawa)|Riverside Drive]]]]
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'''Hunt Club Road''', also known as '''[[List of numbered roads in Ottawa|Ottawa Road 32]]''', is a major east–west route in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], Canada. It originally ran from a dead end east of [[Bank Street (Ottawa)|Bank Street]] (Ottawa Road 31, formerly [[Ontario Highway 31]]) to the [[Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club]]; later, there were many extensions due to the 1970s housing boom, first westward to [[Riverside Drive (Ottawa)|Riverside Drive]], then eastward to [[Hawthorne Road (Ottawa)|Hawthorne Road]] in the late 1980s. The section between Bank Street and Riverside Drive, originally only one lane in each direction, was expanded to two lanes in each direction in 1993–1994. It was further extended across the [[Rideau River]] and the southern edge of the suburbs to [[Richmond Road (Ontario)|Richmond Road]] by the late 1990s; this extension is signed as West Hunt Club Road by the City of Ottawa.  Construction to extend Hunt Club eastward to [[Highway 417 (Ontario)|Highway 417]] near [[Ramsayville, Ontario|Ramsayville]] was completed on August 21, 2014.

Most of Hunt Club Road is a four-lane divided principal [[arterial road]] with [[Limited-access road|limited access]], particularly between just west of [[Merivale Road (Ottawa)|Merivale Road]] and [[Highway 416 (Ontario)|Highway 416]] where it is an at-grade urban expressway. The section east of Merivale, originally a [[oil terminal|tank farm]], has transformed into a major [[Big-box store|big-box]] retail area.

The speed limit on most sections is {{convert|80|km/h|abbr=on}} except in the South Keys area, where it is {{convert|60|km/h|abbr=on}}.

The [[Michael J.E. Sheflin Bridge]], better known as the [[Hunt Club Bridge]], carries the road over the [[Rideau River]] between [[Prince of Wales Drive]] (former [[Highway 16 (Ontario)|Highway 16]]) and [[Riverside Drive (Ottawa)|Riverside Drive]]. The bridge was widened over the summer of 2006, extending the left turn lanes in both directions over the full length of the bridge to alleviate congestion.

The City's Transportation Master Plan includes the widening of the road to six lanes between [[Highway 416 (Ontario)|Highway 416]] and [[Bank Street (Ottawa)|Bank Street]].

Along the road, one may find [[Pine Grove Park (Ottawa)|Pine Grove Park]], and the [[Stoney Swamp Conservation Area]].

==Major Intersections==
* Ottawa Road 59 ([[Richmond Road (Ottawa)|Old Richmond Road]])
* Ottawa Road 11 (Moodie Drive)
* [[Highway 416 (Ontario)|Highway 416]]  (Veterans Memorial Highway)
* Ottawa Road 23 ([[Cedarview Road]])
* Ottawa Road 13 (Greenbank Road)
* Ottawa Road 15 ([[Woodroffe Avenue]])
* Ottawa Road 17 ([[Merivale Road (Ottawa)|Merivale Road]])
* Ottawa Road 73 ([[Prince of Wales Drive]], formerly [[Ontario Highway 16]]), extended to Prince of Wales between 1984 and 1987
* Ottawa Road 19 ([[Riverside Drive (Ottawa)|Riverside Drive]])
* Ottawa Road 79 ([[Airport Parkway (Ottawa)|Airport Parkway]])
* Ottawa Road 31 ([[Bank Street (Ottawa)|Bank Street]], formerly [[Ontario Highway 31]])
* [[Albion Road (Ottawa)|Albion Road]] 
* Ottawa Road 125 ([[Conroy Road]])
* Ottawa Road 32 ([[Hawthorne Road (Ottawa)|Hawthorne Road]])
* [[Highway 417 (Ontario)|Highway 417]]

==Communities==
* Uplands 
* South Keys 
* Greenboro

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.ottawa.ca/public_consult/michael_sheflin/index_en.html Hunt Club Bridge Project Information Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061109064440/http://ottawa.ca/public_consult/michael_sheflin/index_en.html |date=2006-11-09 }}

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[[Category:Roads in Ottawa]]

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