Perimeter Highway (Winnipeg)

Perimeter Highway
Route information
Auxiliary route of PTH 1
Maintained by Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation
Length:	89.5 km (55.6 mi)
Existed:	1955 – present
Major junctions
Beltway around Winnipeg, Manitoba
East end:	PTH 1 (TCH) / Route 135
West end:	PTH 1 (TCH) / Route 85
PTH 100 (TCH) (South Perimeter)
Length:	40 km (20 mi)
Major junctions:	PTH 59 / Route 20 PTH 75 / Route 42 PTH 2 PTH 3 / Route 155
PTH 101 (North Perimeter)
Length:	49.5 km (30.8 mi)
Major junctions:	PTH 190 PTH 6 PTH 7 / Route 90 PTH 8 / Route 180 PTH 9 / Route 52 PTH 59 / Route 20 PTH 15 / Route 115
Highway system
Manitoba provincial highways ← PTH 89 PTH 110 →

Portage Ave interchange

Provincial Trunk Highways (PTH) 100 and 101 (locally known as the Perimeter Highway) form a beltway around the Canadian city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Perimeter is approximately 90 km (56 mi) long. It is an alternate route around Winnipeg for through traffic, as there are no freeways through the city.

History

The highway was originally built in 1955, following the cancellation of a freeway system to accommodate traffic around Winnipeg to avoid the city centre rush hour traffic. The northeast section was left unbuilt at the time, as PTH 59 had received significant upgrades, making the need for a northeast section less pressing. PTH 59 continued to serve as the de facto northeast leg of the Perimeter until the mid-1990s, when the remaining segments of the highway were completed. The highway now encircles Winnipeg.

Most of the Perimeter is a four-lane divided expressway, with interchanges and at-grade intersections. The only section that remains two-lane is in the vicinity of the PTH 59N interchange. In September 2015 however, construction began on upgrading the current at-grade intersection at PTH 59 with a modified Cloverleaf interchange.^[1] Once complete, the remainder of the two-lane Perimeter will be upgraded to divided highway, thus making the entire ring road divided highway. Construction is expected to be complete by 2018.^[2]

The southern segment of the Perimeter Highway is part of the Trans-Canada Highway as a Winnipeg bypass, and designated as Highway 100. The northern segment is a provincial highway designated as PTH 101.

The Perimeter Highway bridge across the Red River and roadway at Pembina Highway was constructed in 1958. The job was tendered to Peter Leitch Construction Ltd. at a cost of $188,670. In December 1957, Dominion Bridge was awarded the contract ($80,157) to supply the structural steel for the overpass.^[3]

Exit list

Exit numbering begins at Fermor Avenue and increases clockwise.

Location	km	mi	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Perimeter Highway (PTH 101) continues north
Springfield	0.0	0.0	1	PTH 1 (TCH) / Fermor Avenue (Route 135 west) – Kenora	Cloverleaf interchange Signed as exits 1A (west) and 1B (east) PTH 100 (TCH) begins
	2.0	1.2		Murdock Road	At grade
	3.6	2.2		Symington Road	At grade
Winnipeg	5.2	3.2		Plessis Road	At grade
	6.8	4.2	8	PTH 59 / Lagimodiere Boulevard (Route 20 north) – St. Pierre-Jolys	Partial cloverleaf interchange
	7.9	4.9		Melnick Road north / Budd Road south	At grade
	8.0	5.0		Canadian Pacific Railway	Level crossing
	8.1	5.0		Aimes Road north / Sumka Road south	At grade
	8.8	5.5		PR 300 south / St. Anne's Road (Route 150 north)	At grade; traffic signals
	12.4	7.7		PR 200 south / St. Mary's Road (Route 52 north)	At grade; traffic signals
	14.0	8.7	Crosses the Red River
	15.9	9.9	18	PTH 75 south / Pembina Highway (Route 42 north) – Emerson, I-29	Cloverleaf interchange Signed as exits 18A (north) and 18B (south)
	17.2	10.7		Waverley Street south	At grade; traffic signals
	17.9	11.1		Kenaston Boulevard (Route 90 north)	At grade; traffic signals
↑ / ↓	20.2	12.6		Brady Road	At grade
Macdonald	21.4	13.3		PR 330 south	At grade; traffic signals
	21.9	13.6		Canadian Pacific Railway	Level crossing
	23.1	14.4		Municipal Road 9E	At grade
	24.7	15.3		Municipal Road 8E	At grade
	26.4	16.4		Municipal Road 7E	At grade
	26.8	16.7		PTH 2 west – Treherne	At-grade Eastbound (counter-clockwise) right-in/right-out
	28.0	17.4		PTH 3 to PTH 2 / McGillivray Blvd (Route 155 east) – Oak Bluff, Carman, Treherne	At grade; traffic signals
	29.8	18.5		Oakland Road	At grade
	30.2	18.8		Central Manitoba Railway (CEMR)	Level crossing
	30.7	19.1		La Verendrye Road	At grade
Winnipeg	35.3	21.9		PR 427 west / Wilkes Avenue (Route 145 east)	Partial cloverleaf interchange
	36.1	22.4		Caron Road west	Southbound (counter-clockwise) right-in/right-out
	37.2	23.1		Service road west	Southbound (counter-clockwise) right-in/right-out
	38.1	23.7	40	PR 241 west / Roblin Boulevard (Route 105 east) – Headingley	Partial cloverleaf interchange Signed as exits 40A (east) and 40B (west) counterclockwise
	38.6	24.0	Crosses the Assiniboine River
	39.3	24.4		Augier Ave east Oak Forest Crescent west	Northbound (clockwise) right-in/right-out Southbound (counter-clockwise) right-in/right-out
	40.0	24.9	42	PTH 1 (TCH) / Portage Avenue (Route 85 east) – Airport, Brandon	Cloverleaf interchange Signed as exits 42A (east) and 42B (west) PTH 100 (TCH) ends / PTH 101 begins
	40.7	25.3		Service road – Assiniboia Downs	Southbound (counter-clockwise) right-in/right-out
	42.0	26.1		PR 425 (Saskatchewan Avenue)	Grade separated; no access, intersection permanently closed
	43.1	26.8	45	CentrePort Canada Way (PTH 190 east)	Partial cloverleaf interchange Signed as exits 45A (east) and 45B (west)
	44.0	27.3		Boychuk Road	At grade
Rosser	45.6	28.3		Selkirk Avenue / Township Road 63	At grade
	47.3	29.4		Township Road 64	At grade
	48.5	30.1	50	PR 221 (Rosser Road)	Partial cloverleaf interchange
	51.2	31.8		Service Road	At grade
	51.3	31.9		Canadian National Railway	Level crossing
	52.1	32.4		PTH 6 north / Paterson Drive south – Ashern	At grade; traffic signals
	52.9	32.9		Summit Road	At grade
	54.6	33.9		Sturgeon Road	At grade
	56.2	34.9		Klimpke Road	At grade
	57.9	36.0	60	PTH 7 to Brookside Boulevard (Route 90 south) – Airport, Stonewall	Cloverleaf interchange Signed as exits 60A (South) and 60B (North)
	59.5	37.0		King Edward Street	At grade
	59.8	37.2		Canadian Pacific Railway	Level crossing
West St. Paul	62.8	39.0		PR 409 north (Pipeline Road)	At grade; traffic signals
	65.5	40.7		Second Street south / Holmes Road north	At grade
	66.8	41.5	69	PTH 8 north / McPhillips Street (Route 180 south) – Gimli	Cloverleaf interchange Signed as exits 69A (south) and 69B (north)
	69.0	42.9		Canadian Pacific Railway	Level crossing
	69.6	43.2	71	PTH 9 north / Main Street (Route 52 south) – Selkirk	Cloverleaf interchange Signed as exits 71A (south) and 71B (north)
↑ / ↓	70.3	43.7	Crosses the Red River
East St. Paul	70.7	43.9	72	PR 204 north / Henderson Highway (Route 42 south) – Lockport	Partial cloverleaf interchange
	72.5	45.0		Raleigh St south Sperring Ave north	Eastbound (clockwise) right-in/right-out Westbound (counter-clockwise) right-in/right-out
	73.8	45.9		PTH 59 / Lagimodiere Boulevard (Route 20 south) – Grand Beach	At grade Cloverleaf interchange under construction[4]
	76.2	47.3		Wenzel Street	At grade
↑ / ↓	77.0	47.8		Central Manitoba Railway (CEMR)	Level crossing
Springfield	No major junctions
Winnipeg	80.2	49.8		Gunn Road	At grade
	83.5	51.9		Canadian Pacific Railway	Level crossing
	83.6	51.9		PTH 15 east / Dugald Road (Route 115 west) – Anola	At grade; traffic signals
Springfield	85.3	53.0		St. Boniface Road	At grade
	87.0	54.1		Niakwa Road	At grade
	87.2	54.2		Greater Winnipeg Water District Railway (GWWDRR)	Level crossing
	88.6	55.1		Navin Road	At grade
	89.5 0.0	55.6 0.0	1	PTH 1 (TCH) / Fermor Avenue (Route 135 west) – Kenora	Cloverleaf interchange Signed as exits 1A (west) and 1B (east) PTH 101 ends
Perimeter Highway (PTH 100 (TCH)) continues south
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Closed/former       Incomplete access       Route transition       Unopened

Inner city beltway, the second half of the Perimeter plan

This roadway is what was to be part of a two ring road system, with the outer Perimeter Highway, and an inner ring. The inner ring was initially tabled in the 1960s and was slow to progress.

The inner ring, also sometimes referred to as the inner city beltway, was to be (Route 17) the Chief Peguis Trail to the north, heading west to Route 96 (William R. Clement Pkwy), circling to Route 165 (Bishop Grandin Blvd), and from there to a point near Northern Blower on Route 37 (Regent Ave). Several years ago a group working with a councillor, worked to stop the loop from going into the Transcona area, and had the roadway's land designated a natural prairie grass park. From this point on Regent, the road was supposed to loop north back to Route 17 (Chief Peguis Tr). The current plan has had to move the eastern portion to Plessis Road. Plessis Road is not as suited to the required connection and space for intersections, but is the only remaining viable option.

While construction of the east–west Bishop Grandin portion was done years ago, the northern portions have remained unlinked, with only the short portion between Route 52 (Main Street) and Lagimodière. This has provided an effective link over the Red River, but the short span of road leaves much of the north part of the city with difficult navigation choices on an east–west basis, often pushing major cross town traffic to use residential roads and regional arteries like Inkster, MacIvor and Springfield Roads.

The city of Winnipeg completed the extension of Route 17 (Chief Peguis Tr) to Lagimodière Blvd in ^[5] December 2011. This brings the inner ring road one step further to completion.

The absence of a link between the intersection of Route 52 (Main St) and Route 17 (Chief Peguis Tr) toward Route 90 (Brookside Blvd) makes east-west travel difficult, and is an important link for the north part of town to significant areas like the Airport and Red River Community College, as well as the future CentrePort (an inland port).

The land for these links is owned by the city and simply awaits the laying of roadway. These type of major traffic arteries are designed to carry crosstown traffic efficiently with fewer environmentally damaging starts and stops. Further these roadways are designed to move traffic away from direct contact with residential streets.

References

Route map: Google