After nearly six weeks of construction, O'Connor Street in downtown Ottawa is open again.

The road has been closed from Laurier Avenue to Somerset Street since Jan. 22 to allow Bell Canada to reconstruct manholes and was expected to reopen Thursday afternoon, one day ahead of schedule.

It then reopened a few hours ahead of that new goal.

<a href="https://twitter.com/cbcotttraffic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cbcotttraffic</a> O'Connor is already open. Great to see cars driving on it this morning - at 7 am. —@dorothyms

Businesses in the area had been concerned about a drop in customers during the construction.

While that downtown artery is set to reopen, the city revealed plans this week for closures on Elgin Street that will begin next month, leading up to a complete shutdown of the popular entertainment strip to traffic in 2019.