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Here are the latest flood-related road closures and detours

Rising waters have closed or reduced the capacity of several streets and roadways in the Ottawa-Gatineau area.

Roads are likely to remain flooded through the week

Pierre Bigras, whose father lives nearby, takes a photo from the edge of floodwaters on Rue Saint-Louis in Gatineau, Que., on Monday, April 22, 2019. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)

Rising waters have closed or reduced the capacity of several streets and highways in the Ottawa-Gatineau area.

Here's a list of some of the roads affected by flooding as of 8a.m. Friday.

Officials are warning people to take care when driving through any standing or moving water as conditions can change rapidly.

Road closures in Ottawa

  • March Valley Road is closed from Cameron Harvey Drive to Klondike Road.
  • Vances Side Road is closed from Torbolton Ridge Road to Woodkilton Road.
  • Mohrs Road is closed from Galetta Side Road to Riddledale Road.
  • Trim Road is closed at Jeanne D'Arc Boulevard.
  • Grandview Road is closed at Carling Avenue.

Road closures in the Cumberland area

  • Bois Lane is closed.
  • The northern ends of Armstrong and Morin roads are closed.
  • Leo Lane is closed.

The Ecolos ferry between Rockland and Thurso and the Bourbonnais ferry between Masson-Angers and Cumberland are not running because of the flooding.

Bourbonnais Ferries can't run because of flooding on chemin du Quai on the Quebec side. (David Richard/Radio-Canada)

Road closures in Gatineau

The Quebec Ministry of Transportationis closing all the on and off-ramps from Highway 50 to rue Saint-Louis, with a detour along boulevard de la Gappe.

The highway is also down to two lanes in each direction between Highway 5 and the Des Draveurs bridge.

The Alonzo-WrightBridge between boulevard la Vrendrye and Highway 105 is dedicated to only westbound traffic until 9:30 a.m. Friday.

Drivers are asked to slow down on boulevard Fournier, where crews are working on the side of the road ahead of Friday's rain and only one lane is open in each direction.

Pointe-Gatineau

  • Rue Saint-Louis is closed between Highway 50and rue Moreau.
  • Rue Moreauis closed from Saint-Louis to rue Donald-Saint-Jacques.
  • Rue Ren.
  • Rue Blais.
  • Rue Ernest-Charron.
  • RueSaint-Franois-Xavier.
  • Rue Oscar.
  • Rue Adlard.
  • Rue Corriveau.
  • Rue Carmen.
  • Rue Jacques-Cartieris closed from Saint-Louisto rueMontgolfires; another smaller stretch is closed further west from Moreau to rue Joseph-Blanger.

Lac Beauchamp

  • RueRiviera.
  • Rue Saint-Saveur.
  • Most of rue Campeau.
  • Rue Glaude south of rue Saint-Saveur.
  • Rues Saint-Patriceand Saint-Paul between Saint-Saveur and Riviera.
  • Rue de Versailles and rue Sabourinbetween rue Watt and boulevard Hurtubise.
  • Boulevard Hurtubise.

Masson-Angers

  • Chemin du Fer--cheval.
  • Rue du Ruisseau south of rue Lasalle.
  • Rue Sanscartier south of rue Plouffe.
  • The southern end of chemin du Quai at the ferry teminal.

Aylmer

  • Rue Lamoureux west of rue Dorion.
Gatineau police block a flooded portion of rue Jacques-Cartier in the Pointe-Gatineau neighbourhood April 23, 2019. (David Richard/Radio-Canada)

Roads in Gatineau restricted to local traffic only

  • Rue Saint-Louis between rue de Picardie and boulevard de la Gappe.
  • Rue Jacques-Cartier between rue de la Baie to Montgolfires.
  • Boulevard de la Gappe south of rue Carmen.
  • Rue Oxford.
  • Rue Moreau between rue Donald-Saint-Jacques and rue de Pointe-Gatineau.
  • RuesSaint-Patrice, Saint-Paul andGlaude between Saint-Denis andSaint-Sauveur.
  • Rue Saint-Denis.
  • Rue Notre-Dame between bouevardLabrosseand rue de Verchres.
  • Rue de Vimy.
  • Chemin Frasersouth of rue de Minervois

The city's flood page has an interactive map.

Road closures in western Quebec

Pontiac:

  • Chemin Rivire between cheminMulligan and Highway 148.
  • Chemin Cain.
  • Chemin du LacLaPche.

Saint-Andr-Avellin:

  • The bridge over the Petite-Nation River on rue Principale, part of Highway 321,is closed.
Flooding on the Petite-Nation River closed rue Principale in Saint-Andr-Avellin, Que. (Antoine Trpanier/Radio-Canada)

Highway 17 washout

Highway 17 is closed to most traffic in both directions between the communities of Deep River and Mattawaafter part of the highway washed out early Monday morning.

The stretch from Deep River to Bissett Creek is open to local traffic only.

Ontario Provincial Police have set up detours in both directions that will take drivers through Algonquin Park.