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{{short description|Highway in Manitoba}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox road
|province=MB
|type=Hwy
|route=75
|alternate_name=Lord Selkirk Highway<br><small>{{langx|fr|Route Lord Selkirk}}</small>
|maint=[[Department of Infrastructure (Manitoba)|Manitoba Infrastructure]]
|map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=|frame-lat=49.4|frame-long=-97.4|zoom=7|type=line|stroke-width=3|id=Q3844707}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=PTH&nbsp;75 highlighted in red
|length_km=93.6
|length_ref=<ref name="length">{{cite Google Maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/@49.6285513,-97.2031674,8.87z |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{jct|state=ND|I|29|US|81}} at the [[Pembina–Emerson Border Crossing]]
|junction={{plainlist|
*{{jct|state=MB|PTH|14}} near [[Letellier, Manitoba|Letellier]]
*{{jct|state=MB|PTH|23}} in [[Morris, Manitoba|Morris]]
}}
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{jct|state=MB|TCH|100|Winnipeg|42}} in [[Winnipeg]]
|established=1949<ref name="mb">{{cite press release |url = http://news.gov.mb.ca/news/archives/1949/03/1949-03-12-winnipeg-emerson_highway_to_become_no._75,_willis.pdf |title = Winnipeg–Emerson Highway to Become #75 |date = March 14, 1949 |publisher = Province of Manitoba |access-date = November 4, 2014 }}</ref>
|towns=[[Morris, Manitoba|Morris]]
|cities=[[Winnipeg]]
|rural_municipalities=[[Municipality of Emerson-Franklin|Emerson-Franklin]], [[Rural Municipality of Montcalm|Montcalm]], [[Rural Municipality of Morris|Morris]], [[Rural Municipality of Ritchot|Ritchot]]
|previous_type=Hwy
|previous_route=68
|next_type=Hwy
|next_route=77
}}

'''Provincial Trunk Highway 75''' ('''PTH&nbsp;75''', also officially known as the '''Lord Selkirk Highway''') is a major highway in the Canadian province of [[Manitoba]]. It is the main link between the city of [[Winnipeg]] and the [[Canada–United States border|United States border]], where it connects with [[Interstate 29]]/[[U.S. Route 81]] (I-29/US 81).

==Route description==
The [[highway]], which is part of Canada's [[National Highway System (Canada)|National Highway System]], begins at the [[Pembina–Emerson Border Crossing]] and runs approximately 101 kilometres (63 miles) north, along on the west side of the [[Red River of the North|Red River]], to Winnipeg where it connects with Pembina Highway ([[Winnipeg Route 42]]). The northern end of PTH&nbsp;75 is its junction with Winnipeg's [[Perimeter Highway (Winnipeg)|Perimeter Highway]], which is part of the [[Trans-Canada Highway]] system.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/policy/acg-acgd-menu-highways-map-2151.htm |title = The National Highway System (NHS) Map |work = tc.gc.ca }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.gov.mb.ca/ctt/invest/strategic/strat7.html |title = Modern, Developed Infrastructure |publisher = Province of Manitoba }}</ref> PTH&nbsp;75 is also part of an [[International Mid-Continent Trade Corridor]], a network of highways and rail lines that connects cities in central regions of North America.

The entire route is a four-lane [[divided highway]], but access is not fully controlled. Proposals exist to upgrade the highway to an [[Limited-access road|expressway]] or [[freeway]] standard, with bypasses at the town of [[Morris, Manitoba|Morris]] and Winnipeg neighbourhood of [[St. Norbert, Winnipeg|St. Norbert]].

=== 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 PTH&nbsp;75 to {{convert|110|km/h|mph|abbr=on|-1}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://www.etrucker.com/apps/news/article.asp?id=67017 |title = Manitoba to raise speed limit |access-date = July 12, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924002733/http://www.etrucker.com/apps/news/article.asp?id=67017 |archive-date = September 24, 2015 |url-status = dead }}</ref> The speed limit change took effect on July 1, 2009, with the speed limit raised to {{convert|110|km/h|mph|abbr=on|-1}} from [[St. Jean Baptiste, Manitoba|St. Jean Baptiste]] to the Canada-U.S. border. The remainder of the highway continues to have a speed limit of {{convert|100|km/h|mph|abbr=on|-1}} except in urban areas.<ref>{{cite press release |url = https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/press/top/2009/03/2009-03-25-150700-5575.html |title = Speed Limit to Increase on Certain Sections of Twinned Highway |publisher = Province of Manitoba |access-date = September 4, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224219/http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/press/top/2009/03/2009-03-25-150700-5575.html |archive-date = March 3, 2016 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

*U.S. border to St. Jean Baptiste: {{convert|110|km/h|mph|abbr=on|-1}}
*Morris: {{convert|50|-|80|km/h|mph|abbr=on|-1}}
*Remainder of highway: {{convert|100|km/h|mph|abbr=on|-1}}

==History==
<!--[[File:Emerson highway map.png|thumb|left|PTH&nbsp;75 at [[Emerson, Manitoba|Emerson]], current and original configurations]]

-->The PTH&nbsp;75 route originated as the [[Pembina Trail]], which was used to travel between the [[Selkirk Settlement]] and [[Pembina, North Dakota|Fort Pembina]] during the 19th century. The provincial government commemorated this by designating the road as the Lord Selkirk Highway in 1962.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/pageant/13/selkirksettlement3.shtml |title = Manitoba Pageant: The Lord Selkirk Settlement at Red River, Part 3 |first = Anne Matheson |last = Henderson |work = mhs.mb.ca }}</ref> By the early 20th century, the trail evolved into the Canadian leg of the [[Jefferson Highway]] leading from Winnipeg to [[New Orleans]].

The highway was originally designated as [[Manitoba Highway 14|PTH&nbsp;14]] when Manitoba introduced the highway numbering system in 1920.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url = http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/roads-and-highways |title = Roads and Highways |access-date = November 10, 2014 |encyclopedia = [[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] }}</ref> It was re-numbered to PTH&nbsp;75 in 1949 as, at the time, it connected with [[U.S. Route 75|US&nbsp;75]] at the [[Noyes–Emerson East Border Crossing]] and it was common practice for Manitoba to match highway numbers with connecting U.S. routes.<ref name="mb" /> Coinciding with the renumbering, the section between [[Emerson, Manitoba|Emerson]] and [[Letellier, Manitoba|Letellier]] was replaced with a more direct route approximately {{convert|3|km|mi|spell=in}} west of the original one along the [[Red River of the North|Red River]].<ref name="Histmap">{{cite web |url = https://www.gov.mb.ca/mit/maparchive/index.html |title = Historical Highway Maps of Manitoba |publisher = Manitoba Infrastructure |access-date = June 20, 2020 }}</ref> Further changes occurred in the 1950s when a more direct route was constructed in the [[Rural Municipality of Ritchot]] and bypasses were added around the communities of [[Ste. Agathe, Manitoba|Ste. Agathe]] and [[St. Jean Baptiste, Manitoba|St. Jean Baptiste]].<ref name="Histmap"/>

PTH&nbsp;75 formerly extended into the city of Winnipeg. Prior to 1966, PTH&nbsp;75 followed Pembina Highway (present-day [[Winnipeg Route&nbsp;42]]) and Osborne Street (present-day [[Winnipeg Route&nbsp;62]]) to [[Manitoba Highway 1|PTH&nbsp;1]] ([[Broadway (Winnipeg)|Broadway]]), continuing north as [[Manitoba Highway 6|PTH&nbsp;6]].<ref name=1964_65_map>{{cite map|author = Province of Manitoba|edition = 1964-1965|title = Manitoba Official Highway Map|url = http://content.gov.mb.ca/mit/maparchive/high/1964_1965_cover.pdf|inset=Winnipeg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914045954/http://content.gov.mb.ca/mit/maparchive/high/1964_1965_cover.pdf|archive-date=September 14, 2015}}</ref> When the [[List of Winnipeg City Routes|Winnipeg Metro Routes]] were established in {{circa|1966}}, PTH&nbsp;75 was decommissioned inside the Perimeter Highway,<ref name=1966_67_map>{{cite map|author = Province of Manitoba|edition = 1966-1967|title = Manitoba Official Highway Map|url = http://content.gov.mb.ca/mit/maparchive/high/1966_1967_cover.pdf|inset=Winnipeg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913102937/http://content.gov.mb.ca/mit/maparchive/high/1966_1967_cover.pdf|archive-date=September 13, 2016}}</ref> with the section of highway between the Perimeter Highway and Winnipeg city limits [[Concurrency (road)|cosigned]] as PTH&nbsp;75&nbsp;/ Route&nbsp;42.

PTH&nbsp;75 was gradually converted to a divided four-lane highway between 1985 and 1994 except within the [[Morris, Manitoba|Town of Morris]] and a {{convert|3|km|mi|spell=in|adj=on}} section between the Emerson East border station and (former) [[Manitoba Highway 29|PTH&nbsp;29]] junction near the [[Pembina–Emerson Border Crossing|West Lynne (now Emerson) border station]]. The closure of the [[Noyes–Emerson East Border Crossing|Noyes and Emerson East border stations]] (Canada in 2003; the U.S. in 2006) relegated PTH&nbsp;75's southern terminus a dead-end at the border; thus, PTH&nbsp;75 was re-routed to its present southern terminus (superseding PTH&nbsp;29) in 2012.  Most of the short decommissioned section of PTH&nbsp;75 was added to [[Manitoba Provincial Road 200|Provincial Road 200]].  Motorists now wishing to travel US&nbsp;75 are required to detour through [[Pembina, North Dakota]] via I-29, [[North Dakota Highway 59]], and [[Minnesota State Highway 171]].<ref>[http://www.canhighways.com/MB/75.php Highway 75 at Canhighways.com]</ref>

In 2020, the Canadian and Manitoba governments completed reconstruction of PTH&nbsp;75's approach to the Emerson border crossing to accommodate future expansion at the port of entry.  This included the removal of the old PTH&nbsp;75/PR&nbsp;200 (former PTH&nbsp;29/75) intersection near the border and extending PR&nbsp;200 to its new southern terminus further away from the border.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://pembinavalleyonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=42824%3Aborder-highway-redesign-displayed-at-emerson-open-house&Itemid=338 |title = Border Highway Redesign Displayed At Emerson Open House |work = Pembina Valley Online |date = March 6, 2015 }}</ref> The Manitoba government also has future plans to reroute PTH&nbsp;75 around the Winnipeg neighborhood of [[St. Norbert, Winnipeg|St. Norbert]] and connect it to [[Winnipeg Route 90]] (Kenaston Boulevard).<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.chrisd.ca/2017/08/01/south-perimeter-highway-rebuild-st-norbert-bypass/#.W1S0drgnaUk |title = Province to Redesign South Perimeter Highway, Create St. Norbert Bypass |date = August 1, 2017 |work = ChrisD.ca }}</ref>

===Flooding issues===
PTH&nbsp;75's proximity to the flood-prone Red River causes closures of the highway during spring flooding. The town of [[Morris, Manitoba|Morris]] is one of the most problematic areas, as the town is forced to close off the [[levee|dikes]] surrounding the town, thereby cutting off PTH&nbsp;75. These closures have a significant impact on the trucking industry, as PTH&nbsp;75 is the primary transportation route between Winnipeg and the United States. The Manitoba Trucking Association estimates the closing of the highway costs the industry $1.5 million [[Canadian Dollar|CAD]] per week. The closures also have a significant impact on Morris businesses that depend on travelers passing through town.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/hwy-75-reopens-truckers-happy-121984579.html |title = Hwy. 75 reopens, truckers happy |work = [[Winnipeg Free Press]] |date = May 17, 2011 |access-date = August 21, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url = http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCATRE73H5MA20110418 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130202002157/http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCATRE73H5MA20110418 |url-status = dead |archive-date = February 2, 2013 |title = Red River flooding closes key Manitoba highway |publisher = [[Reuters]] |date = April 18, 2011 |access-date = August 21, 2012 }}</ref> Several solutions have been considered to fix the ongoing problem, including the building of new bridges and raising of roadways along PTH&nbsp;75.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.steinbachonline.com/?option=com_content&Itemid=100060&catid=13&id=16328&view=article&fontstyle=f-larger |title = Hwy 75 Flood Plans Expected |work = Steinbach Online |access-date = August 21, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/highway-75-revisited-four-ideas-to-keep-road-open-42727007.html |title = Highway 75 revisited: Four ideas to keep road open |work = Winnipeg Free Press |date = April 9, 2009 |access-date = August 21, 2012 }}</ref> In June 2020, the Manitoba government unveiled a plan to upgrade a portion of [[Manitoba Provincial Road 246|PR 246]] to utilize it as a bypass when the dike at the north end of Morris is closed.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.steinbachonline.com/local/groening-pleased-with-decision-to-upgrade-pr-246 |title = Groening 'Pleased' with Decision to Upgrade PR 246 |work = Steinbach Online |date = June 6, 2020 }}</ref>

==Major intersections==
{{MBinttop|exit|length_ref=<ref name="length"/>}}
{{Jctint|exit
|river=[[Canada–United States border|United States border]]
|lspan=2
|km=0.0
|mspan=2
|type=trans
|road={{jct|state=ND|I|29|US|81|dir1=south|dir2=south|city1=Grand Forks}}
|notes=Continuation into [[North Dakota]]
}}
{{Jctbridge|exit
|km=none
|place=[[Pembina–Emerson Border Crossing]]
}}
{{MBint|exit
|division_special=[[Municipality of Emerson-Franklin|Emerson-Franklin]]
|dspan=2
|location=Emerson
|lspan=2
|km=0.5
|type=closed
|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|200|dir1=north|city1=Emerson}}
|notes=Former PTH&nbsp;75 south to [[U.S. Route 75 in Minnesota|US&nbsp;75]] and northern terminus of [[Manitoba Highway 29|PTH&nbsp;29]] (1949–2012); intersection closed in 2019
}}
{{MBint|exit
|km=1.8
|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|243|dir1=west|name1=Post Road / [[Boundary Commission Trail]]|city1=Gretna}}<br>{{jct|state=MB|PR|200|dir1=north|city1=Emerson|city2=Dominion City}}
|notes=Realigned PR&nbsp;200<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.pembinavalleyonline.com/local/manitoba-infrastructure-monitoring-new-access-to-emerson |title = Manitoba Infrastructure Monitoring New Access to Emerson Crossing |work = Pembina Valley Online |date = January 15, 2020 }}</ref>
}}
{{MBint|exit
|rm=Montcalm
|dspan=5
|location=none
|km=8.7
|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|421|dir1=west|city1=Sommerfeld}}
}}
{{MBint|exit
|location=Letellier
|km=15.7
|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|201|city1=Altona|city2=Dominion City}}
}}
{{MBint|exit
|location=none
|km=22.7
|road={{jct|state=MB|PTH|14|dir1=west|city1=Winkler}}
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|state=MB
|location=St. Jean Baptiste
|lspan=2
|km=29.8
|road=Caron Street north
|notes=St Jean Baptiste access; former PTH&nbsp;75 alignment; to [[Manitoba Provincial Road 246|PR&nbsp;246]] east; no access to PR 246 north of St. Jean Baptiste
|nspan=2
}}
{{MBint|exit
|km=32.5
|road=Caron Street south
|notes=none
}}
<!--{{MBint|exit
|km=35
|location=St. Jean Baptiste
|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|246|dir1=north|city1=St. Jean Baptiste}}does PR 246 still go here? the bridge is gone. answer: yes, but the route is disconnected
|notes=PR 246 bridge over Red River permanently closed, no access to PR 246 north of St. Jean Baptiste 
}}-->
{{MBint|exit
|indep_city_special=[[List of towns in Manitoba|Town]] of [[Morris, Manitoba|Morris]]
|lspan=2
|type=concur
|km=40.9
|road={{jct|state=MB|PTH|23|dir1=east|name1=Montreal Avenue|city1=La Rochelle}}
|notes=South end of PTH&nbsp;23 concurrency
}}
{{MBint|exit
|type=concur
|km=41.3
|road={{jct|state=MB|PTH|23|dir1=west|name1=Boyne Avenue|city1=Roland}}
|notes=North end of PTH&nbsp;23 concurrency
}}
{{MBint|exit
|rm=Morris
|dspan=2
|location=none
|km=44.7
|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|330|dir1=north|city1=Domain|city2=La Salle}}
}}
{{MBint|exit
|location=none
|km=54.6
|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|205|city1=Rosenort|city2=Aubigny|city3=St. Pierre-Jolys}}
}}
{{MBint|exit
|rm=Ritchot
|dspan=4
|km=68.8
|location=Ste. Agathe
|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|305|city1=Brunkild|city2=Niverville}}
}}
{{MBint|exit
|location=Glenlea
|km=77.4
|road=Glenlea Road
|notes=Former [[Manitoba Provincial Road 420|PR&nbsp;420]] north
}}
{{MBint|exit
|location=none
|km=82.3
|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|210|dir1=east|city1=St. Adolphe}}
|notes=Former [[Manitoba Provincial Road 429|PR&nbsp;429]] east
}}
{{MBint|exit
|location=Howden
|km=82.3
|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|247|dir1=west|city1=La Salle}}
}}
{{MBint|exit
|indep_city=Winnipeg
|lspan=6
|type=concur
|km=90.8
|road={{jct|state=MB|Winnipeg|42|dir1=begins|road|Turnbull Drive}}
|notes=Winnipeg city limits; Route&nbsp;42 southern terminus; south end of Route&nbsp;42 concurrency
}}
{{MBint|exit
|type=trans
|km=93.6
|exit=94
|road={{jct|state=MB|TCH|100|name1=[[Perimeter Highway (Winnipeg)|Perimeter Highway]]|nolink1=yes|city1=Brandon|location2=[[Kenora]]}}
|notes=Interchange; PTH&nbsp;75 northern terminus; north end of Route&nbsp;42 concurrency; signed as exits 94A (east) and 94B (west); PTH&nbsp;100 exit&nbsp;18
}}
{{MBint|exit
|type=closed
|km=100.9
|road={{jctname|state=MB|Winnipeg|155|name1=McGillivray Boulevard|dir1=west}}
|notes=Former [[Manitoba Highway 3|PTH&nbsp;3]] eastern terminus
}}
{{MBint|exit
|type=closed
|km=104.7
|road={{jctname|state=MB|Winnipeg|42|dir1=north|name1=Donald Street}}<br/>{{jctname|state=MB|Winnipeg|62|dir1=south|name1=Osborne Street}}<br/>{{jctname|state=MB|Winnipeg|95|name1=Corydon Avenue|dir1=west}}
|notes=[[Confusion Corner]]; former PTH&nbsp;75 followed Osborne Street
}}
{{Jctbridge|exit
|type=closed
|km=106.2
|bridge=Osborne Bridge crosses [[Assiniboine River]]
}}
{{MBint|exit
|type=closed
|km=106.7
|road={{jctname|state=MB|PTH|1|name1=[[Broadway (Winnipeg)|Broadway]]}}<hr/>{{jctname|state=MB|Winnipeg|62|dir1=north|name1=Osborne Street}}
|notes=Former PTH&nbsp;75 northern terminus; former [[Manitoba Highway 6|PTH&nbsp;6]] southern terminus<ref name=1964_65_map/>
}}
{{Jctbtm|exit|keys=closed,concur,trans}}

==See also==
*[[Red River Trails]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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{{Roads in Winnipeg}}
{{MBHighways}}

[[Category:Manitoba provincial highways|075]]
[[Category:Expressways in Manitoba|Manitoba Highway 075]]
[[Category:Emerson, Manitoba]]