Plaza Bridge
The Plaza Bridge in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, is an automotive and pedestrian bridge that crosses the Rideau Canal just south of the Ottawa locks. It joins Wellington Street and Elgin Street in the Downtown core to the west with Rideau Street to the east.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge in Canada
- Also known as: “Pont Plaza Bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National War Memorial and Confederation Square.
National War Memorial
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National War Memorial, titled The Response, is a tall, granite memorial arch with accreted bronze sculptures in Ottawa, Ontario, designed by Vernon March and first dedicated by King George VI in 1939.
Confederation Square
Park
Photo: Skeezix1000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Confederation Square is an urban square in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and is considered the second most important ceremonial centre in Canada's capital city, after Parliament Hill.
Valiants Memorial
Memorial
The Valiants Memorial is a military monument located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It commemorates fourteen key figures from the military history of Canada.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include ByWard Market and Ottawa.
ByWard Market
Neighborhood
Photo: Trappy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The ByWard Market, is a retail and entertainment district in the downtown core of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada to the east of Parliament Hill and Major's Hill Park.
Ottawa
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ottawa is Canada's capital. With over a million citizens, it is Canada's fourth-largest city, and Ontario's second-largest city. Visitors often come to Ottawa to see Parliament Hill and Canada's national museums, but the city also has much shopping, many restaurants, and lively nightlife.
Centretown
Suburb
Photo: MB-one, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Centretown is a neighbourhood in Somerset Ward, in central Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is defined by the city as "the area bounded on the north by Gloucester Street and Lisgar Street, on the east by the Rideau Canal, on the south by the Queensway freeway and on the west by Bronson Avenue." Traditionally it was all of Ottawa west of the Rideau Canal, while Lower Town was everything to the east.
Plaza Bridge
- Category: transportation
- Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.42458° or 45° 25′ 29″ northLongitude
-75.69496° or 75° 41′ 42″ westOpen location code
87Q6C8F4+R2OpenStreetMap ID
way 371368489OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q4304530
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Plaza Bridge” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “廣場橋”
- Dutch: “Plaza Bridge”
- French: “Pont Plaza”
- Russian: “Мост Плаза”
- Turkish: “Plaza Bridge”
- Turkish: “Plaza Köprüsü”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ottawa Locks and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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