Ottawa Road 174, formerly referred to as
Ottawa-Carleton Regional Road 174 and commonly referred to as
Highway 174, is a
city maintained road in the
City of Ottawa which serves the eastern suburbs of
Orléans and
Cumberland. Although the road continues through the towns of
Rockland and
Hawkesbury to the
Quebec border, the portion east of the Ottawa city boundary is known as Prescott and Russell County Road 17. Originally the alignment of
Highway 17 between Ottawa and the Quebec border, Regional Road 174 (as it was known then) was created on April 1, 1997 when the provincial government of
Mike Harris transferred responsibility for portions of the road to the
Regional Municipality of Ottawa–Carleton. The road was extended by a second transfer on January 1, 1998, bringing it to its current length.