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Provincial Trunk Highway 44 (PTH 44) is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It Begins at Highway 9 (Main St.) In the town of Lockport, Just north of Winnipeg, and goes East, and passes through Beausejour, Manitoba and Heads South-East. It is the Main Highway through Whiteshell Provincial Park and ends at The Trans-Canada Highway. It becomes very narrow as it passes through the Wilderness of the Park, and is very hilly. The Speed Limit is 100 km/h (60 mph).
Highway 44 was originally part of Provincial Trunk Highway 1. When the new southerly alignment of Highway 1 was completed as part of the Trans-Canada Highway project, this section of Highway 1 became part of transprovincial Highway 4 (along with current Highways 16, 27 and several other roads) but around 1970 it was renumbered again with its current designation.
