Manitoba Highway 44

Manitoba Highway 44 shield

Highway 44
Route information
Length: 152 km (94 mi)
Existed: 1968 – present
Major junctions
West end: PTH 9 at Lockport
  PTH 59
PTH 12
PTH 11
East end: PTH 1 (TCH) near the Ontario boundary
Location
Towns: Beausejour, Whitemouth, West Hawk Lake
Highway system

Manitoba provincial highways

← PTH 42PTH 45 →

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. From Lockport the highway travels east, passing through Beausejour before heading south-east after Highway 11 branches north towards Lac Du Bonnet and Pine Falls. It is the main highway through Whiteshell Provincial Park and ends at the Trans-Canada Highway just west of the Ontario boundary. It becomes very narrow as it passes through the Wilderness of the Park, and is very hilly and winding. The speed limit along Highway 44 is 100 km/h (60 mph).

History

Highway 44 was originally part of Provincial Trunk Highway 1.[1] When the new southerly alignment of Highway 1 was completed as part of the Trans-Canada Highway project in 1958, this section of Highway 1 became part of transprovincial Highway 4 (along with current Highways 9, 16, and 26).[2] The highway was renumbered to its current designation in 1968.[3]

Major intersections

This is the travel route for Provincial Trunk Highway 44 (PTH 44) from east to west.

km Municipality Location Intersecting highway Notes
0 Whiteshell Provincial Park PTH 1 (TCH) (Trans-Canada Highway) – Winnipeg, Falcon Lake, Kenora PTH 44 begins
highway travels north for the first 10 kilometres
2 Star Lake PR 301 west – Falcon Lake
8 PR 312 east – Ingolf PTH 44 turns west 2 km past PR 312 junction
31 PR 307 north – Seven Sisters Falls, White Lake
61 R.M. of Whitemouth PTH 11 south – Elma, Hadashville begin PTH 11 north concurrence
65 PR 406 south – Elma PTH 11 / PTH 44 turns northwest
67 Whitemouth
73 PR 408 north – River Falls, Seven Sisters Falls
83 PTH 11 north – Lac du Bonnet, Powerview-Pine Falls PTH 44 turns west
end PTH 11 north concurrence
99 R.M. of Brokenhead Seddons Corner PR 214 north (Milner Ridge Rd)
114 Beausejour PR 215 west / PR 302 south – La Broquerie, Richer, To PTH 12 south PTH 44 turns north
116 PTH 12 north – Grand Beach PTH 44 turns west
begin PTH 12 south concurrence
126 PTH 12 south – Anola, Ste. Anne, Steinbach end PTH 12 south concurrence
130 Garson
136 R.M. of St. Clements PR 212 – Cooks Creek, East Selkirk
141 PR 206 south – Dugald, Landmark, Oakbank
143 Kirkness PTH 59 – Birds Hill, East Selkirk, Victoria Beach, Winnipeg
148 PR 204 north – Selkirk begin PR 204 south concurrence
149 Lockport PR 204 south – East St. Paul, Winnipeg end PR 204 south concurrence
PTH 44 crosses the Red River
150 R.M. of St. Andrews PR 238 south (River Rd.)
152 PTH 9 – Gimli, Selkirk, Winnipeg PTH 44 ends

References

Route map: Bing

  1. ↑ "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1956". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
  2. ↑ "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1959". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
  3. ↑ "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1968". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.