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15-693: The underground station is beneath Rideau Street in Central Ottawa. Originally, Rideau station was to be built under the Rideau Canal , with a station at Confederation Square , closer to Parliament Hill . It was decided to relocate the station to the east in partnership with Cadillac Fairview , the owners of the Rideau Centre , where it would serve more people and provide access to the ByWard Market . There are two entrances from

30-427: A continuous glass-and-steel structure. The heated mall was expected to allow pedestrians to shop in comfort year-round. However, the structure had an unanticipated downside, in that it attracted large numbers of homeless and late-night drinkers. Many establishments along the affected stretch of Rideau Street failed as a result. The decision was made to tear the shelters down, and in the end the cost for dismantling them

45-425: A indoor interchange. A sinkhole unexpectedly appeared on June 8, 2016, on Rideau Street adjoining the excavation for the underground station. Rideau Street Rideau Street ( French : Rue Rideau ) is a major street in downtown Ottawa , Ontario , Canada, and one of Ottawa's oldest and most famous streets running from Wellington Street in the west to Montreal Road in the east where it connects to

60-548: A much smaller sinkhole opened in the same area as the June 8 sinkhole. Due to the sinkholes, Rideau Street was closed to regular traffic from Sussex to Dalhousie until further notice. Only buses, taxis, construction vehicles, and delivery vehicles were permitted. The street would not fully reopen to regular traffic until the middle of December 2020. Cummings Bridge The Cummings Bridge in Ottawa , Ontario , Canada, crosses

75-564: Is an underground side platform station. Two concourses located above the two ends of the platforms contain the ticket barriers and give access to the Rideau Centre (west concourse) and the William Street/ByWard Market exit (east concourse). Both concourses feature elevators to the surface and the platforms. The station is the deepest on Ottawa's network, with the platform 26.5 metres underground. It also has

90-565: Is the traditional Lower Town district of Ottawa, a residential area which in the past was predominantly Francophone , but now has one of Ottawa's largest immigrant populations, notably including many Francophone Africans and Somalis . North of Rideau and west of King Edward is the commercial ByWard Market area. To the south of Rideau Street is the Sandy Hill neighbourhood, with its mix of embassies , older houses, low- and high-rise apartment buildings, and student housing. The portion of

105-465: The Cummings Bridge is at its eastmost point. For many years, Rideau Street was one of Ottawa's primary retail thoroughfares, containing department stores such as Freimans , Ogilvy's , Woolworth , Caplan's and Metropolitan . In November 1979, then mayor Marion Dewar examined a plan to create what became the 'Rideau Street Bus Mall.' Sidewalks from Sussex to Dalhousie were enclosed in

120-975: The Rideau Centre on the south side and another built into a Scotiabank on the north side of Rideau Street, at the threshold of the ByWard Market. Through the Rideau Centre, riders can walk to Hudson's Bay , the Westin Hotel, the Shaw Centre , the Transportation Building and the National Defence Headquarters without stepping outside. The station serves destinations such as the ByWard Market, National Gallery , US Embassy , Shaw Centre , Government Conference Centre , Rideau Canal , National War Memorial , Château Laurier and National Arts Centre , as well as retail shops, restaurants and hotels. Rideau

135-641: The Rideau River , connecting Rideau Street to Montreal Road in Vanier . It is a multi-span open spandrel arch bridge, constructed in 1921 and renovated in 1996. 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 Cummings Island in the Rideau River. The Cummings family settled

150-681: The Vanier district. Rideau Street is home to the Château Laurier , the CF Rideau Centre and the Government Conference Centre (Ottawa's former central train station). Along with Wellington Street and Sussex Drive it was among the first streets in Ottawa to be host to businesses; it was created with the founding of the early town . The Plaza Bridge by the Rideau Canal is at its westmost point and

165-500: The island, had a store there, and the island and bridge there became associated with the Cummings name. In 1891, the old wooden bridge was replaced by a steel bridge, which the city wanted to name Bingham's Bridge, after Ottawa mayor Samuel Bingham , but this name never caught on. The current bridge was constructed in 1921, some 12 metres (39 ft) downstream from the steel bridge, bypassing Cummings Island. Charles Cummings had

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180-462: The longest transit escalator in Canada at 35.3 metres. The station features two artworks: FLOW/FLOTS by Geneviève Cadieux , a set of two glass screens on the station concourses overlooking the platforms; and The shape this takes to get to that by Jim Verburg , a set of murals in the access stairwells. Additionally, an exhibition area called "Corridor 45|75" is located along the corridor connecting

195-620: The street between Nicholas Street and King Edward Avenue is designated as part of Canada's National Highway System , as part of an interconnecting route between Highway 417 and Quebec Autoroute 5 in Gatineau . A section of Rideau Street was closed to all traffic from June 8 to July 2, 2016 after it collapsed in the vicinity of excavations being made for the Rideau station of the Confederation Line . Later that year on October 2,

210-491: The west concourse with the access to the Rideau Centre. The following routes serve Rideau station as of December 20, 2020: Route 12 is temporarily truncated west of St. Laurent Boulevard due to the Montreal Road revitalization project. Connections with Société de transport de l'Outaouais as well as OC Transpo routes R1, 11, 16, and 19, exist on the other side of the Rideau Centre, at Mackenzie King station, accessed via

225-543: Was almost as much as the $ 6.5 million incurred in their construction. Although the local department stores are gone, Rideau Street still features The Bay department store, the Rideau Centre shopping mall, and the street is adjacent to shops of the Byward Market . The street had been designated Highway 17B before the Ontario government discontinued it in 1998. To the north of Rideau, east of King Edward Avenue

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