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((Short description|Street in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada))
((More citations needed|date=June 2016))
[[File:Rideau and Dalhousie streets Ottawa 1860.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Rideau and Dalhousie in 1860]]
[[Image:RideauStreetOttawa.jpg|right|300px|thumb|View toward Rideau Street from [[Confederation Square]]]]

'''Rideau Street''' (((lang-fr|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, Ottawa|Wellington Street]] in the west to [[Montreal Road]] in the east where it connects to the [[Vanier, Ontario|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 (Ottawa)|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 [[Bytown|town]].  The [[Plaza Bridge (Ottawa)|Plaza Bridge]] by the [[Rideau Canal]] is at its westmost point and 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]], [[F. W. Woolworth Company|Woolworth]], [[Caplan's]] and [[Metropolitan Stores|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 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.<ref>((cite web |title=The Rideau bus mall in 1989 |website=Montreal Gazette |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/Rideau+mall+1989+These+shelters+smelled+they+became+homeless+shelters+within+five+years+almost+shops+that+part+street+failed/7281803/story.html |publisher=Postmedia Network |date=21 September 2012 |access-date=15 July 2016))</ref> The decision was made to tear the shelters down, and in the end the cost for dismantling them was almost as much as the $6.5 million incurred in their construction.<ref>((cite web |last=Campeau |first=Robert |title=Rideau Street - Then & Now. |url=http://urbsite.blogspot.ca/2011/05/rideau-street-then-now.html |website=Urbsite |publisher=Midcentury Modernist |date=13 May 2011 |access-date=15 July 2016))</ref>  Although the local department stores are gone, Rideau Street still features [[Hudson's Bay (retailer)|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 [[Ontario Highway 17B|Highway 17B]] before the Ontario government discontinued it in 1998.

To the north of Rideau, east of [[King Edward Avenue (Ottawa)|King Edward Avenue]] is the traditional [[Lower Town]] district of Ottawa, a residential area which in the past was predominantly [[Franco-Ontarian|Francophone]], but now has one of Ottawa's largest immigrant populations, notably including many Francophone Africans and [[Somali people|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, Ottawa|Sandy Hill]] neighbourhood, with its mix of [[List of Ottawa embassies|embassies]], older houses, low- and high-rise apartment buildings, and student housing.

The portion of the street between [[Nicholas Street]] and King Edward Avenue is designated as part of Canada's [[National Highway System (Canada)|National Highway System]], as part of an interconnecting route between Highway 417 and [[Quebec Autoroute 5]] in [[Gatineau]].

== 2016 sinkholes ==
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]].<ref>((cite web |url=http://ottawa.ca/en/infrastructure-failure-rideau-and-sussex |publisher=City of Ottawa |title=Infrastructure failure at Rideau and Sussex |date=30 June 2016 |access-date=5 July 2016))</ref>
Later that year on October 2, a much smaller sinkhole opened in the same area as the June 8 sinkhole.<ref>((cite news |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/section-of-rideau-street-closed-again-due-to-sinkhole |title=City reopens section of Rideau Street after a small sinkhole opened up |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |date=October 3, 2016))</ref> 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.<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/rideau-street-reopens-saturday-1.5841419 |title=Rideau Street ready for its big reveal |date=December 16, 2020))</ref>

==See also==
* [[O-Train#2014 sinkhole|2014 sinkhole]]
* [[Rideau Street Chapel]]
* [[Sussex Drive]]
* [[Wallis House]]
* [[Wellington Street (Ottawa)]]

==References==
((commons category|Rideau Street, Ottawa))
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((Ottawa Roads))
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[[Category:Roads in Ottawa]]
[[Category:Shopping districts and streets in Canada]]

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