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Provincial Trunk Highway 1 ( PTH 1) is Manitoba 's section of the Trans-Canada Highway. 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 ...
These Provincial Trunk Highways are numbered from 1 to 99 for mainline routes and 100 to 199 for loop/spur routes (only four currently exist). Provincial Trunk Highways 1 and 75, as well as the Perimeter Highway (PTH 100/PTH 101), are the most important and are divided highways for most of their length with some sections at expressway or freeway standards.
While by definition the Trans-Canada Highway is a highway system that has several parallel routes throughout most of the country, the term "Trans-Canada Highway" often refers to the main route that consists of Highway 1 (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba), Highways 17 and 417 (Ontario), Autoroutes 40, 25, 20, and 85 (Quebec ...
Provincial Trunk Highway 1A. Location. Portage la Prairie. Length. 11.3 km (7.0 mi) Existed. 1970–present. The section of PTH 1A at Portage la Prairie is also known as Saskatchewan Avenue and like most alternate spurs, it was the old route of PTH 1 until its current alignment was built. The highway is an alternate route that goes through ...
Carberry bus crash. On June 15, 2023, a vehicle collision between a handi-transit bus and a semi-truck occurred on the Trans-Canada Highway in the Municipality of North Cypress – Langford near Carberry, Manitoba, Canada, killing 17 [1] people and injuring 8 others. [2][3][4][5][6]
In 1962, Highway 1 became part of the Trans-Canada Highway. The current configuration of Highway 1 began construction in 1957 and was opened to traffic the following year, putting the new route 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) north of Carberry. The route was given its current designation when the Manitoba government implemented its secondary highway ...
Provincial Road 278 (PR 278) is a 41.8-kilometre-long (26.0 mi) north–south highway in the Rural Municipality of Alonsa, Manitoba.Running along the western coastlines of both Lake Manitoba and Ebb and Flow Lake, it serves as the only road access to the Ebb and Flow First Nation, as well as connecting Kinosota, Bacon Ridge, Eddystone, Reedy Creek, and Silver Ridge.
The Yellowhead Highway (French: Route Yellowhead) is a major interprovincial highway in Western Canada that runs from Winnipeg to Graham Island off the coast of British Columbia via Saskatoon and Edmonton. It stretches across the four western Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba and is part of the Trans ...