Manitoba Provincial Highway 1

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Provincial Trunk Highway 1 (PTH 1) is the Manitoba section of the Trans-Canada Highway mainline route. The total distance of the Trans-Canada Highway in Manitoba is 519 km (322 miles).

Most of the highway is a 4-lane divided highway except on some very short sections in western & eastern Manitoba, where the highway is two lanes. Construction is ongoing to twin the western section.

PTH 1 only has expressway status at Southeastern Winnipeg & Portage La Prairie. Plans do exist to bring the whole Highway 1 (Except in Winnipeg) into expressway status. Exit numbers only exist at one interchange.

In Winnipeg, PTH 1 follows Portage Avenue, Broadway, Main Street, Queen Elizabeth Way, St.Mary's Road, St.Anne's Road, and Fermor Avenue where it re-joins the Perimeter Highway (PTHs 100 & 101) and continues east.

1 History
2 Speed limits
- 2.1 Winnipeg
3 List of exits/intersections
4 See also

[edit] History

The highway was first given the "1" designation in 1942. It was routed on many highways that existed before the Trans Canada. When the Perimeter Highway was built in 1969, most of the traffic on the Trans-Canada Highway was rerouted onto the Perimeter Highway itself, thus avoiding traffic within Winnipeg. However, later that year, the Perimeter Highway's southern (PTH 100) section was merged with the Trans-Canada Highway system, due to the qualification of traffic. That section of the highway was highly used, and still is today.

Today, the highway is a well used, 4-lane divided expressway with the exception of Winnipeg, with a full freeway section in Portage La Prairie, and a single numbered exit. It is used mainly as a connector across the province. On Friday October 6, 2006 the Trans-Canada Highway By-pass was closed around Portage La Prairie due to a structural defect found in the bridge over the CN Rail Line. The by-pass is expected to be closed for approximately one year while a new bridge is constructed at a cost of between $6 and $7 million dollars. Traffic is being diverted through the City of Portage La Prairie although alternate plans are being developed. Truck traffic is being adviced to use PTH 2 as an alternate route.[1]

In Winnipeg, PTH 1 follows a lot of streets, namely Portage Avenue, Broadway, Main Street, Queen Elizabeth Way, St.Mary's Road, St.Anne's Road, and Fermor Avenue where it re-joins the Perimeter Highway (PTHs 100/101) and continues east.

[edit] Speed limits

Western Manitoba- 100 km/h (60 mph)

Brandon- 80 km/h (50 mph)

Portage La Prairie (Freeway)- 90 km/h (55 mph)

[edit] Winnipeg

Portage Ave.- 60 km/h (35 mph) (50 km/h (30 mph) in downtown)

Broadway- 50 km/h (30 mph)

Queen Elizabeth Way. (S. Main Street)- 60 km/h (35 mph)

St. Mary's Rd.- 60 km/h (35 mph)

St. Annes Rd.- 60 km/h (35 mph)

Fermor Ave. (To Lagimodiere Blvd.)- 70 km/h (40 mph)

Fermor Ave. (To Perimeter Hwy.)- 90 km/h (55 mph)

Eastern Manitoba- 100 km/h (60 mph)

All rural intersections with traffic lights- 80 km/h (50 mph)

[edit] List of exits/intersections

The following is a list of exits/intersections along PTH 1. Only named (in cities and towns only) and numbered highway intersections are included. (In Winnipeg, only major road intersections are included)

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Intersection- PTH 41; PR 542.

[edit] Elkhorn

Intersection- PR 256, Cavendish St.

Intersection- Maharg Rd.

Intersection- Richhill Ave.

Intersection- PTH 83 South

Intersection- PR 259 East

Intersection- PTH 83 South

[edit] Virden

Intersection- Thomas Dr.

Intersection- PR 259 North, King St.

Intersection- PR 257 West

Intersection- PR 254 South

Intersection- PR 254 North

Intersection- PTH 21

Intersection- PR 250 North

Intersection- PR 250 South

Exit- PTH 1A East

Exit- PR 459 East

Intersection- PR 270 North

[edit] Brandon

Intersection- PTH 10 South, 18 St. N.

Intersection- Black St.

Intersection- Manitoba Provincial Highways PTH 1A West, PTH 10 North, 1 St. N.

Intersection- PR 468

Intersection- PR 340 South

Intersection- PR 464 North

Intersection- PR 351 East

Intersection- PTH 5

Intersection- PR 351 West

Intersection- PR 352

Intersection- PTH 34

Intersection- PR 350

Intersection- PR 242

Intersection- PTH 16 West, Yellowhead Highway.; PR 305 South

[edit] Portage La Prairie

All traffic must use PTH 1A through Portage La Prairie until a new bridge structure is constructed over the CN Rail Line [2] although a recent change allows for travel on PTH #1 past Portage La Prairie to Angle Road and then take Angle Road to Saskatchewan Avenue and then back to PTH #1

Exit- PTH 1A East

Exit- PR 240, River Rd.

Exit- PTH 1A West

Intersection- Old PTH 26

Intersection- PTH 13 South, PR 430 North

Intersection- PR 331 West

Intersection- PR 248

Intersection- PR 332 South

Intersection- PR 241

Intersection- PTH 26 West

[edit] Headingley

Intersection- PR 334, King St.

Intersection- Hudson St.

Intersection- PR 334 South, Monterey Rd.

Intersection- Lyons St.

Intersection- Simmons Dr.

Intersection- Bresaylor Rd.

Intersection- Cameron St.

Intersection- Inglenook Rd.

Intersection- Camp Manitou Rd.

Intersection- Race Track Rd.

Intersection- (Eastbound) McCarthy St.

Exit- Manitoba Provincial Highway 100 South, Perimeter Highway.

[edit] Winnipeg

(Major roads only, as there are many local roads PTH 1 intersects.)

Exit- PTH 101 North, Perimeter Highway.

Intersection- Buchanan Blvd.

Intersection- Cavalier Dr.

Intersection- Westwood Dr.

Intersection- Sturgeon Rd.

[edit] See also

List of Manitoba expressways

Preceded by SK Highway 1	Trans-Canada Highway MB Highway 1	Succeeded by ON Highway 17
Preceded by MB Highway 16
Preceded by MB Highway 100		Succeeded by MB Highway 100