Billings Bridge is located south of the river near the bridge the neighborhood is named after, which became part of the city of Ottawa in 1950. The area, now an Ottawa neighborhood, is still referred to as Billings Bridge. The area is predominately residential, with many apartment buildings, attached and detached single-family residences. The City has designed the neighborhood to foster and promote compact, mixed-use, pedestrian-oriented development that provides access by foot, cycle, transit, and automobile.