Manitoba Highway 1

Highway 1
Trans-Canada Highway
Route information
Length:	490 km (304 mi)
Existed:	1942 – present
Major junctions
West end:	Hwy 1 towards Whitewood, Saskatchewan
	PTH 83 near Virden PTH 10 in Brandon PTH 5 near Carberry PTH 16 near Portage la Prairie PTH 59 in Winnipeg PTH 12 near Ste. Anne
East end:	Highway 17 towards Kenora, Ontario
Location
Major cities:	Brandon, Portage la Prairie, Winnipeg
Towns:	Elkhorn, Virden, MacGregor, Elie, Ste. Anne, Falcon Lake
Highway system
Manitoba provincial highways ← PTH 110 PTH 1A →

Provincial Trunk Highway 1 (PTH 1) is the Manitoba section of the Trans-Canada Highway mainline route. It is a heavily used, 4-lane divided highway, with the exception of a short 18 km section in the southeastern corner of the province. It is the main link between southern Manitoba's largest cities, and also serves as the province's main transportation link to the neighbouring provinces of Saskatchewan (to the west) and Ontario (to the east). The highway is the only major east-west divided highway in Manitoba, and carries a large majority of east-west traffic within and through the province. It has full freeway status sections at Portage La Prairie and Winnipeg. The total distance of the Trans-Canada Highway in Manitoba is 490 km (300 mi).

Manitoba Highway 1 is a very important part of the national highway system in Canada, as it is the sole highway linking the eastern and western regions of the country. It is the only road that links the province of Manitoba with the province of Ontario, making it a major section of Canada's primary commercial and leisure route for all traffic travelling between Canada's largest cities, from Toronto and Montreal in the east to Calgary and Vancouver in the west.

Routing

The highway is routed from west to east across the province of Manitoba. It begins at the western provincial boundary with Saskatchewan, connecting with Saskatchewan's Highway 1 to become Manitoba Trans-Canada 1. The highway is designated as T-C 1 throughout Manitoba until it reaches the eastern provincial boundary with Ontario, where it continues as the main route to Kenora, Ontario and the rest of Eastern Canada as Highway 17.

The entire length of the Trans-Canada Highway in the province of Manitoba is a 4-lane divided highway, with the exception of the Winnipeg city route and an 18 kilometre section in eastern Manitoba between the town of Falcon Lake and the Manitoba-Ontario provincial boundary which is a two-lane highway.

Manitoba PTH 1 has full expressway status on the routes around Winnipeg on the Perimeter Highway, and around Portage La Prairie. Plans do exist to bring the entire length of Highway 1 (except the Winnipeg city route) to full expressway status in the future (mentioned at the list of Manitoba expressways). Currently, exit numbers only exist at three interchanges,^[1] and only small sections of Highway 1 and the Perimeter Highway have freeway status.

In the Winnipeg metro area, the Trans-Canada Highway has two official routes. The main route passes directly through the city of Winnipeg on city streets, entering the city from the west and continuing along 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 (T-C 100) and continues east on TC 1. An alternate routing exits the main T-C 1 route on the western edge of Winnipeg onto the Perimeter Highway (T-C 100), which by-passes the city completely. The Perimeter Highway is a ring road which encircles Winnipeg and is frequently used by commuters and through traffic on the Trans Canada Highway wishing to avoid congested city streets.

History

The first provincial trunk highways in Manitoba were numbered in 1926.^[2] The original highway 1 was one of nine highways fanning out from Winnipeg, but was different in that it fanned out from the west and the east. Highway 1 was routed via many already-existing highways and provincial secondary roads. (From west to east), these are:^[3][4][5]

• Highway 1A into and out of Brandon
• Provincial Road 351 into and out of Carberry
• Highway 1A through Portage la Prairie
• Highway 26 from Portage la Prairie to Headingley

• Highway 59 from downtown Winnipeg to Highway 44
• Highway 44 to Whiteshell Provincial Park

By the early 1950s, Highway 1 had become an important east-west route in all of the western provinces. Most of the provincial highways that Highway 1 originally traversed on were re-numbered and designated as Highway 4 in the mid-1960s, and the #1 was relocated to its present route. In 1962, the Trans-Canada Highway in Manitoba was fully completed, and Highway 1 across all of the western provinces was incorporated as part of the Trans-Canada Highway.

In 1955, most intra-city traffic in the Winnipeg area was diverted onto the (then) newly built Perimeter Highway. Later that year, the Perimeter Highway's southern (PTH 100) section was merged with the Trans-Canada Highway system, due to the amount of traffic using it to bypass the city. That section of the highway was highly used, and still is today.

Recent History

On October 6, 2006 the Trans-Canada Highway Portage La Prairie by-pass was closed due to a structural defect found in the bridge over the CN Rail Line. On October 31, 2007, a $19 million project to rebuild the bridge was completed, and the by-pass was fully re-opened to traffic.

On October 25, 2007, a major federal/provincial construction project twinning the highway in western Manitoba between the Saskatchewan-Manitoba provincial boundary and the town of Hargrave was completed, with 34 kilometres (21 mi) of newly divided highway lanes opened to traffic.

On April 9, 2008, the Government of Manitoba announced that construction of a new interchange will begin in the summer of 2008 at the intersection of Highway 16 (the Yellowhead Highway) and the Trans Canada Highway mainline route, located a short distance west of Portage la Prairie.^[6]

Speed limits

On February 27, 2008 the Manitoba Highway Traffic Board approved a request by the Government of Manitoba to raise the speed limit on the Trans Canada Highway in Manitoba to 110 km/h along the section between the Saskatchewan-Manitoba provincial boundary and Winnipeg.^[7] The speed limit was officially raised on July 1, 2009, though it was only raised on one portion of the highway between the Saskatchewan provincial boundary to Virden.^[8] The remainder of the highway is still at 100 km/h, but this may change in the future.

Saskatchewan provincial boundary to Virden- 110 km/h (68 mph)

Virden- 80 km/h (50 mph)

Western Manitoba- 100 km/h (60 mph)

Brandon- 80 km/h (50 mph)

Portage La Prairie (Freeway)- 100 km/h (60 mph)

Elie- 80 km/h (50 mph)

Headingley-70 km/h (40 mph)

Winnipeg bypass (Perimeter Hwy. PTH #100) - 100 km/h (60 mph)

Winnipeg city route

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. Anne's 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 at-grade intersections with traffic lights -80 km/h (50 mph)

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 routed from West to East, starting at the Saskatchewan-Manitoba boundary to the Manitoba-Ontario provincial boundary.

Saskatchewan provincial boundary to Brandon

km	Municipality	Location	Interescting highway	Notes
0	R.M. of Wallace	Saskatchewan-Manitoba Boundary		Manitoba section of Trans-Canada Highway PTH 1 begins
6		Kirkella	PTH 41 north – McAuley, St. Lazare, Binscarth PR 542 south – Kola
18		Elkhorn	PR 256 (Cavendish St.) – McAuley, Cromer, Pierson
19			Maharg Rd.
20			Richhill Ave. / Mile 66N	formerly PR 441 east
32		Hargrave	Mile 158W	formerly PR 252 south
35			PTH 83 north – Miniota, Birtle, Russell	begin PTH 83 south concurrence
40			PR 259 east – Lenore, Kenton
41			PTH 83 south – Pipestone, Melita, Minot	end PTH 83 south concurrence
44		Virden	Thomas Dr.
45			King St.	Secondary access to PR 259 east – Lenore, Kenton
48			PR 257 west – Kola
62	R.M. of Sifton		PR 254 south – Oak Lake Beach	begin PR 254 north concurrence
67		Oak Lake	PR 254 north – Lenore	end PR 254 north concurrence
80		Griswold	PTH 21 – Shoal Lake, Hamiota, Hartney, Deloraine
92	R.M. of Whitehead	Alexander	PR 250 north – Rivers, Newdale	begin PR 250 south concurrence
96			PR 250 south – Souris	end PR 250 south concurrence
104			PTH 1A east – Brandon (City Route)	PTH 1 turns northeast and descends into Grand Valley trucks required to stay on PTH 1 due to a substandard railway underpass east of Kemnay on PTH 1A PTH 1A is known as Victoria Avenue and 1st Street inside Brandon city limits
109			PR 459 east (Grand Valley Rd.) – Brandon	PTH 1 passes over the Assiniboine River and turns east after ascending out of Grand Valley
112	R.M. of Elton / R.M. of Cornwallis		PR 270 north – Rapid City, Basswood

Brandon

km	City	Location	Interescting highway	Notes
120	Brandon		PTH 10 south – Boissevain, International Peace Garden	18 Street N. begin PTH 10 north concurrence
121				Black St.
122			PTH 10 north – Minnedosa, Wasagaming, Dauphin PTH 1A west – City Center	1 Street N. end PTH 10 north concurrence

Brandon to Portage La Prairie

km	Municipality	Location	Interescting highway	Notes
130	R.M. of Elton / R.M. of Cornwallis		PTH 110 south / PR 468 – Justice, Chater
138			PR 340 south – Douglas, Shilo, Wawanesa
146	R.M. of North Cypress		PR 464 north – Brookdale
147			PR 351 east – Carberry	old Highway 1
163			PTH 5 – Neepawa, Carberry, Glenboro, Cartwright	formerly PR 258
181			PR 351 west – Melbourne, Carberry	old Highway 1
183	R.M. of North Norfolk	Sidney	PR 352 – Edrans, Arden, Birnie
195		Austin	PTH 34 – Gladstone, Holland, Pilot Mound
208		MacGregor	PR 350 – Woodside, Katrime, Lavenham
218		Bagot	PR 242 – Westbourne, Treherne, Somerset
230	R.M. of Portage La Prairie	Bloom	PTH 16 west (YH) – Gladstone, Neepawa, Minnedosa, Russell PR 305 south – Hood Bridge	Yellowhead Highway (not numbered) continues along PTH 1 to Winnipeg

Portage La Prairie

km	City	Location	Interescting highway	Notes
238	Portage La Prairie		PTH 1A east – Portage La Prairie (City Route)	Saskatchewan Avenue W.
247			PR 240 – Delta Beach, Portage La Prairie, St. Claude	River Rd.
252			PTH 1A west – Portage La Prairie (City Route)	Saskatchewan Avenue E. westbound exit only
253			PTH 26 east – Poplar Point, St. François Xavier

Portage La Prairie to Winnipeg

km	Municipality	Location	Interescting highway/road/street	Notes
268	R.M. of Portage La Prairie		PTH 13 south – Oakville, Elm Creek, Carman PR 430 north – Poplar Point, St. Ambroise
276			Fortier Road	formerly PR 331 west
279	R.M. of Cartier	Benard	Benard Road	formerly PR 426 north
287		Elie	PR 248 – Marquette, St. Eustache, Fannystelle
296			PR 332 south – Dacotah, Starbuck, Brunkild
304			PR 424 – St. Eustache, Springstein	formerly PR 241
306			PTH 26 west – St. François Xavier, Poplar Point
311	Headingley		Gaol Road	Gaol Road access to Headingley Correctional Centre
313			PR 334 north (Dobbs Road) – Rosser	begin PR 334 south concurrence
314			Hudson St
314			PR 334 south (Monterey Road) – Sanford	end PR 334 south concurrence
315			Lyons Street / Bresaylor Road
316			Cameron Street / Inglenook Road
318			Race Track Road / McCarthy Street	Race Track Road access to Assiniboia Downs
319			PTH 101 north / PTH 100 east – Falcon Lake, Kenora	Perimeter Highway PTH 1 enters Winnipeg with Route 85 as Portage Avenue

Winnipeg

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

km	Municipality	Location	Intersecting highway/route/street	Notes
319.5	Winnipeg		Buchanan Blvd.
320.5			Cavalier Dr.
321			Westwood Dr.
323			Sturgeon Rd.
325			Route 96 south – Moray St
327			Route 90 – Century St	northbound access to Winnipeg International Airport
327.5			Empress St	northbound access to Polo Park Shopping Centre and Canad Inns Stadium
329			Broadway	PTH 1 diverts right on to Broadway from Portage Avenue Yellowhead Highway continues along Portage Avenue with Route 85 Both Yellowhead Highway and Route 85 end at Main St
329.5			Route 70 south – Maryland St
329.5			Route 70 north – Sherbrook St
330.5			Route 62 – Osborne St	Manitoba Legislature is located on south-east corner
331			Route 42 south – Donald St
331			Route 42 north – Smith St
331.5			Route 52 – Main St	Broadway ends PTH 1 turns right on Main St.
332			joins Queen Elizabeth Way, from the Main Street Bridge to the Norwood Bridge	PTH 1 crosses the Assiniboine River and the Red River; route now becomes St. Mary's Road
332			Route 115 east – Marion St
335			St. Anne's Rd	PTH 1 turns left from St. Mary's Rd
337			Route 135 – Fermor Ave. / Route 150 south – St. Anne's Rd	PTH 1 turns left on Fermor Ave.
339			Route 30 north – Archibald St.	access to St. Boniface and the Winnipeg Stock Yards
342			PTH 59 / Route 20 – Lagimodiere Blvd.	southbound access to the Royal Canadian Mint
345			Plessis Rd.
349			PTH 101 north / PTH 100 west – Portage la Prairie, Brandon	Perimeter Highway PTH 1 leaves Winnipeg

Winnipeg to Ontario boundary

km	Municipality	Location	Interescting highway	Notes
351	R.M. of Springfield		PR 207 – Birds Hill, Lorette, Ste. Anne
359	R.M. of Taché		PR 206 north – Dugald, Oakbank	begin PR 206 south concurrence
362			PR 206 south – Landmark	end PR 206 south concurrence
366			PR 501 east – Ste. Geneniéve, Ross
373	R.M. of Ste. Anne		PTH 12 – Beausejour, Ste. Anne, Steinbach, Piney, Warroad
385			PR 207 west – Ste. Anne, Lorette
392		Richer	PR 302 – Beausejour, La Broquerie, Vita
418	R.M. of Reynolds		Forestry Rd.	formerly PR 506 north
432			PTH 11 north – Elma, Whitemouth, Lac Du Bonnet, Powerview-Pine Falls
434			PR 503 east
440			PR 506 north (Birch River Road)
454			PR 308 south – East Braintree, Moose Lake, Sprague
476	Whiteshell Provincial Park		PR 301 east – Falcon Lake, Star Lake
486			PTH 44 west – West Hawk Lake, Whitemouth, Beausejour, Lockport
490			Manitoba-Ontario Boundary	PTH 1 ends Trans-Canada Highway continues as Highway 17 to Kenora and Thunder Bay

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Trans-Canada Highway in Manitoba.

• List of Manitoba expressways

References

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

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