Manitoba Highway 16

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Trans-Canada Highway 16 shieldYellowhead shield

Highway 16
Yellowhead Highway
Route information
Length: 273 km (170 mi)
Major junctions
West end: Saskatchewan border near Harrowby
continues as Hwy 16
 

PTH 83
PTH 45
PTH 41
PTH 42
PTH 21
PTH 10
PTH 5
PTH 34

PTH 50
East end: PTH 1 / PR 305 west of Portage La Prairie
Location
Towns: Russell, Binscarth, Shoal Lake, Minnedosa, Neepawa, Gladstone
Highway system

Manitoba provincial highways

PTH 15 PTH 16A

Provincial Trunk Highway 16 (PTH 16) is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is the Manitoba section of the Yellowhead Highway, and also the Trans-Canada Highway Yellowhead section. The main purpose of this highway is to connect Winnipeg with other Canadian cities such as Saskatoon and Edmonton. The highway runs from Bloom at an intersection with the Trans Canada Highway and Provincial Road 305 10 km west of Portage la Prairie to the Saskatchewan boundary 16 km west of Russell, where it continues as Saskatchewan Highway 16.

The highway is two lanes through Manitoba, with two small divided sections at the north and south junctions with PTH 10 around Minnedosa, which it runs in concurrence with just west of the town. Twinning and upgrading to expressway status is being planned in the future.

Alternate routes

History

The route was known as PTH 4 until 1977, when it was renumbered to allow the entire length of the Yellowhead Highway to retain the number 16 designation across all four provinces of western Canada.

The highway has had some reconfigurations in its time, particularly around Minnedosa as well as between Shoal Lake and Foxwarren.

In the Minnedosa area, the section of highway from PTH 16A and PR 262 to Franklin Road (formerly PR 466 north), as well as the section from PTH 10 north to Basswood was constructed in the early 1940s. Prior to this, the highway turned north for two kilometres and then west past the hamlet of Franklin. It then met PTH 10 south at the Minnedosa town limits. It then shared the highway to a point three kilometres north of its current junction with PTH 10 north at what is now the turnoff to the Ski Valley Recreation Area. PTH 4 would then turn west and rejoin the current configuration just east of Basswood. After this reconfiguration, PTH 4 met southbound PTH 10 two kilometres south of Minnedosa and then shared the highway through the town along what is now PTH 16A to its current northbound/westbound junction. The highway was extended two kilometers farther west in 1971 to its current junction with southbound PTH 10 with the construction of the Minnedosa bypass.

The current section between Shoal Lake and the southbound junction of PTH 83 was constructed in the early 1960s. Prior to this, PTH 4 would meet PTH 21 in Shoal Lake (northbound PTH 21 ended at this point). The highway would continue west along what is now PTH 42 to meet PTH 83 south at Birtle. The two highways would then run in concurrence from Birtle to the current junction seven kilometers east of Foxwarren, where it would then rejoin its current configuration.

Major intersections

This is the travel route for Provincial Trunk Highway 16 (PTH 16) from west to east:

km Municipality Location Interescting highway Notes
0 R.M. of Russell Saskatchewan - Manitoba border Manitoba leg of Yellowhead Highway begins
3 Harrowby Road
16 Russell PTH 83 north Roblin, Benito, Swan River begin PTH 83 south concurrence
17 PTH 45 east Rossburn, Oakburn, Erickson PTH 16/83 turns south
20 PR 579 west Millwood
23 Mile 112N formerly PR 479 east
33 Binscarth PR 478 Silverton, Esterhazy
36 PTH 41 south St. Lazare, McAuley, Kirkella PTH 16/83 turns southeast
37 R.M. of Ellice /
R.M. of Russell
PR 359 east Rossburn
49 R.M. of Birtle Foxwarren PR 475 west PTH 16/83 turns east
56 PTH 83 south Birtle, Miniota, Virden end PTH 83 south concurrence
60 PR 476 north Angusville
68 PR 472 south Solsgirth formerly PR 474 south
78 PR 264 north Rossburn begin PR 264 south concurrence
PR 264 was formerly PR 254
82 R.M. of Shoal Lake PR 264 south Decker, Crandall end PR 264 south concurrence
88 Vista Road formerly PR 472 north
95 Shoal Lake PTH 42 west Birtle, St. Lazare
96 PTH 21 Oakburn, Hamiota, Hartney
103 R.M. of Strathclair Green Bluff Road / Menzie Road formerly PR 470
110 Strathclair PR 354 south Oak River begin PR 354 north concurrence
114 PR 354 north Elphinstone end PR 354 north concurrence
124 R.M. of Harrison Newdale PR 250 south Rivers begin PR 250 north concurrence
126 PR 250 north Sandy Lake end PR 250 north concurrence
127 Mile 91N formerly PR 473 east
139 R.M. of Saskatchewan Basswood PR 270 Rackham, Rapid City
149 R.M. of Minto Minnedosa PTH 10 north Erickson, Wasagaming, Dauphin
PTH 16A east Minnedosa
PTH 16 turns south
begin PTH 10 south concurrence
151 PR 355 Minnedosa, Cardale PR 355 east enters Minnedosa as 6th Avenue NW
155 R.M. of Odanah PTH 10 south Brandon, Boissevain PTH 16 turns east
end PTH 10 south concurrence
157 PTH 16A north / PR 262 Minnedosa
169 PR 466 south
171 R.M. of Langford Franklin Road formerly PR 466 north
177 PR 464 south Brookdale
187 Neepawa PTH 5 north McCreary, Ste. Rose du Lac, Dauphin begin PTH 5 south concurrence
188 PTH 5 south Carberry, Glenboro, Cartwright end PTH 5 south concurrence
formerly PR 258 south
203 R.M. of Lansdowne PR 352 Birnie, Arden, Edrans
215 R.M. of Westbourne PR 260 north Plumas
225 Gladstone PTH 34 south Austin, Holland, Pilot Mound Pembroke Rd. (formerly PR 460 north) also intersects here
237 Woodside PR 350 south Katrime, MacGregor
245 PTH 50 north Langruth, Alonsa, McCreary
252 Westbourne PR 242 south Bagot, Treherne, Somerset begin PTH 242 north concurrence
254 PR 242 north Lynch’s Point end PR 242 north concurrence
256 R.M. of Portage la Prairie PR 227 east Warren
266 Macdonald
267 Mile 71N formerly PR 249 east
PTH 16 turns south towards PTH 1
273 Bloom PTH 1 (TCH) Winnipeg, Portage la Prairie, Brandon
PR 305 south Hood Bridge, St. Claude
PTH 16 ends
unnumbered Yellowhead Highway turns east and follows PTH 1 to Winnipeg
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