Manitoba Highway 1

Provincial Trunk Highway 1
Trans-Canada Highway
Route information
Maintained by Department of Infrastructure
Length	519 km (322 mi)
Existed	1942–present
Major junctions
West end	Highway 1 towards Whitewood, SK
Major intersections	PTH 10 in Brandon PTH 5 near Carberry PTH 16 near Portage la Prairie PTH 75 in Winnipeg
East end	Highway 17 towards Kenora, ON
Location
Country	Canada
Highway system

Provincial Trunk Highway 1 (PTH 1) is the Manitoba section of the Trans-Canada Highway mainline route. The total distance of the Trans-Canada Highway in Manitoba is 519 km (322 miles). It is a heavily used, 4-lane divided highway, with the exception of a short 18km section in the southeastern corner of the province which is a 2-lane highway. It is the main link between southern Manitoba's largest cities, and also serves as the province's main ground transportation link to the neighboring provinces of Saskatchewan (to the west) and Ontario (to the east). The highway is the only major east-west divided highway in Manitoba, and carries a large majority of east-west traffic within the province. It has full freeway status sections in Portage La Prairie and Winnipeg.

Manitoba Highway 1 is a very important part of the national highway system in Canada, as it is the sole highway linking the eastern and western regions of the country. It is the only highway that links the province of Manitoba with the province of Ontario, making it a major section of Canada's primary commercial and leisure route for all traffic travelling between Canada's largest cities, from Toronto and Montreal in the east to Calgary and Vancouver in the west.

Routing

Westbound on the Trans Canada Highway in Western Manitoba near Carberry.

The highway is routed from west to east across the province of Manitoba. It begins at the western provincial border with Saskatchewan, connecting with Saskatchewan's Highway 1 to become Manitoba PTH 1. The highway is designated as PTH 1 throughout Manitoba until it reaches the eastern provincial border with Ontario, where it continues as the main route to Kenora, Ontario and the rest of Eastern Canada as Highway 17.

The entire length of the Trans-Canada Highway in the province of Manitoba is a 4-lane divided highway, with the exception of the Winnipeg city route and an 18 kilometer (11 mile) section in eastern Manitoba between the town of Falcon Lake and the Manitoba-Ontario provincial border which is a two-lane highway.

Manitoba PTH 1 has full freeway status on sections around Winnipeg on the Perimeter Highway & Portage La Prairie. Plans do exist to bring the entire length of Highway 1 (except the Winnipeg city route) to full freeway status in the future. Currently, exit numbers only exist at two interchanges; the Highway 12 interchange being the first numbered outside of the Winnipeg area.

In the Winnipeg metro area, the Trans-Canada Highway has two official routes. The main route passes directly through the city of Winnipeg on city streets, entering the city from the west and continuing along Portage Avenue, Broadway, Main Street, Queen Elizabeth Way, St.Mary's Road, St.Anne's Road, and Fermor Avenue where it re-joins the Perimeter Highway (PTH 100) and continues east on PTH 1. An alternate routing exits the main PTH 1 route on the western edge of Winnipeg onto the Perimeter Highway (PTH 100), which by-passes the city completely. The Perimeter Highway is a beltway which encircles Winnipeg and is frequently used by commuters and through traffic on the Trans Canada Highway wishing to avoid congested city streets.

History

The first provincial trunk highways in Manitoba were numbered in 1926. The original highway 1 was one of nine highways fanning out from Winnipeg, but was different in that it fanned out from the west and the east. Highway 1 was routed via many already-existing highways. (From west to east), these are :

• Highway 1A into and out of Brandon
• Highway 1A through Portage la Prairie
• Highway 26 from Portage la Prairie to Headingley
• Highway 59 from downtown Winnipeg to Highway 44
• Highway 44 to Whiteshell, Manitoba

By the early 1950s, Highway 1 had become an important east-west route in all of the western provinces. Most of the provincial highways that Highway 1 originally traversed on were re-numbered and designated as Highway 1 in the mid-1960s, and the #1 was relocated to its present route. In 1962, the Trans-Canada Highway in Manitoba was fully completed, and Highway 1 across all of the western provinces was incorporated as part of the Trans-Canada Highway.

In 1955, most intra-city traffic in the Winnipeg area was diverted onto the (then) newly-built Perimeter Highway. Later that year, the Perimeter Highway's southern (PTH 100) section was merged with the Trans-Canada Highway system, due to the amount of traffic using it to bypass the city. That section of the highway was highly used, and still is today.

Recent History

On October 6, 2006 the Trans-Canada Highway Portage La Prairie by-pass was closed due to a structural defect found in the bridge over the CN Rail Line. On October 31, 2007, a $19 million project to rebuild the bridge was completed, and the by-pass was fully re-opened to traffic.

On October 25, 2007, a major federal/provincial construction project twinning the highway in western Manitoba between the Saskatchewan-Manitoba provincial border and the town of Hargrave was completed, with 34 kilometers (21 miles) of newly divided highway lanes opened to traffic.

On April 9th, 2008, the Government of Manitoba announced that construction of a new interchange will begin in the summer of 2008 at the intersection of Highway 16 (the Yellowhead Highway) and the Trans Canada Highway mainline route, located a short distance west of Portage la Prairie.

Speed limits

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On the Trans Canada in Manitoba at dusk, near Austin.

On February 27, 2008 the Manitoba Highway Traffic Board approved a request by the Government of Manitoba to raise the speed limit on the Trans Canada Highway in Manitoba to 110km/h along the section between the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border and Winnipeg. A date on which the speed limit will officially be changed has not been set.

Western Manitoba- 100 km/h (60 mph)

Virden- 80 km/h (50 mph)

Brandon- 80 km/h (50 mph)

Portage La Prairie (Freeway)- 100 km/h (60 mph)

Elie- 80 km/h (50 mph)

Winnipeg bypass (Perimeter Hwy. PTH #100) - 100km/h (60 mph)

Winnipeg city route

Portage Ave. - 60 km/h (35 mph) (50 km/h (30 mph) in downtown)

Broadway - 50 km/h (30 mph)

Queen Elizabeth Way. (S. Main Street) - 60 km/h (35 mph)

St. Mary's Rd. - 60 km/h (35 mph)

St. Annes Rd. - 60 km/h (35 mph)

Fermor Ave. (To Lagimodiere Blvd.) - 70 km/h (40 mph)

Fermor Ave. (To Perimeter Hwy.) - 90 km/h (55 mph)

Eastern Manitoba- 100 km/h (60 mph)

All at-grade intersections with traffic lights -80 km/h (50 mph)

Photo gallery

• 
  Eastbound in south-central Manitoba near Elie
• 
  Eastbound heading toward Winnipeg at St. Francois-Xavier
• 
  Heading east, just west of Winnipeg near Headingley
• 
  Trans Canada Highway Winnipeg City Route/Winnipeg by-pass route
• 
  Winnipeg Trans Canada Highway by-pass sign in French
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  Traffic on the Winnipeg City Route of the Trans Canada Highway
• 
  Travelling on the Perimeter Highway (Hwy 100), the Trans Canada Hwy Winnipeg bypass route
• 
  Westbound heading to Winnipeg near Lorrette (East of Winnipeg)

List of exits/intersections

The following is a list of exits/intersections along PTH 1. Only named (in cities and towns only) and numbered highway intersections are included. (In Winnipeg, only major road intersections are included). This list is routed from West to East, starting at the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border to the Manitoba-Ontario border.

Saskatchewan-Manitoba Border

Intersection- PTH 41; PR 542.

Elkhorn

Intersection- PR 256, Cavendish St.

Intersection- Maharg Rd.

Intersection- Richhill Ave.

Intersection- PTH 83 South

Intersection- PR 259 East

Intersection- PTH 83 South

Virden

Intersection- Thomas Dr.

Intersection- PR 259 North, King St.

Intersection- PR 257 West

Intersection- PR 254 South

Intersection- PR 254 North

Intersection- PTH 21

Intersection- PR 250 North

Intersection- PR 250 South

Exit- PTH 1A East

Exit- PR 459 East

Intersection- PR 270 North

Brandon

Intersection- PTH 10 South, 18 St. N.

Intersection- Black St.

Intersection- PTH 1A West, PTH 10 North, 1 St. N.

Intersection- PR 468

Intersection- PR 340 South

Intersection- PR 464 North

Intersection- PR 351 East

Intersection- PTH 5

Intersection- PR 351 West

Intersection- PR 352

Intersection- PTH 34

Intersection- PR 350

Intersection- PR 242

Intersection- PTH 16 West, Yellowhead Highway.; PR 305 South

Portage La Prairie

Exit- PTH 1A East

Exit- PR 240, River Rd.

Exit- PTH 1A West

Intersection- Old PTH 26

Intersection- PTH 13 South, PR 430 North

Intersection- PR 331 West

Intersection- PR 248

Intersection- PR 332 South

Intersection- PR 241

Intersection- PTH 26 West

Headingley

Intersection- PR 334, King St.

Intersection- Hudson St.

Intersection- PR 334 South, Monterey Rd.

Intersection- Lyons St.

Intersection- Simmons Dr.

Intersection- Bresaylor Rd.

Intersection- Cameron St.

Intersection- Inglenook Rd.

Intersection- Camp Manitou Rd.

Intersection- Race Track Rd.

Intersection- (Eastbound) McCarthy St.

Exit- PTH 100 South, Perimeter Highway.

Winnipeg

(Major roads only, as there are many local roads PTH 1 intersects.)

Exit- PTH 101 North, Perimeter Highway.

Intersection- Buchanan Blvd.

Intersection- Cavalier Dr.

Intersection- Westwood Dr.

Intersection- Sturgeon Rd.

See also

• List of Manitoba expressways