Russell Road (Ontario)
It begins in Ottawa in the Riverview neighbourhood and runs eastward through the rural communities of Ramsayville, Carlsbad Springs and Bearbrook in Ottawa and through the Municipality of Clarence-Rockland, connecting the communities of Cheney and Bourget, ending at Boundary Road on the eastern border of Clarence Rockland.
[6] The Carleton County 1879 Atlas shows the road running from the village of Janeville (now Vanier),[7] southward following the east bank of the Rideau River toward Hurdman's Bridge, then eastward following what is now Terminal Avenue, then turning south to connect more or less to its current alignment.
[9] In 1960, the part of Russell Road from Hurdman's Bridge to the "westerly limit of the NCC subdivision" was renamed "Terminal Avenue".
At this point, Russell Road continues east through the communities of Carlsbad Springs, Bearbrook before leaving the city of Ottawa.
[17] The segment of Russell Road from Industrial to Smyth is a 1.3 km two-lane collector street that cuts through the eastern edge of the Riverview neighbourhood.
In this gap, there remains one building with a Russell address at 1990, a strip mall at the corner of Smyth and St. Laurent.
This segment is about 1.8 km long, and separates the neighbourhoods of Hawthorne Meadows on the west and Sheffield Glen on the east.
[19] Other amenities in this segment include Hawthorne United Church (2244) and a fourth public housing project, Confederation Court (2282).
The third segment of Russell begins at Hawthorne and ends at Ramsayville Road, and runs for 3.7 km.
It is mostly rural in character, beginning at the suburban edge of the city, and heads southeast into the countryside.
The road then runs another 1.5 km before splitting from Leitrim again at the northern edge of the community of Carlsbad Springs.
Close to the bridge over Bear Brook, there is an historical plaque on the side of Russell detailing the history of the community.
2.2 km east of the border is the community of Cheney, where Russell intersects with Drouin Road.
