Highway 1 (Manitoba)
PTH 1 is a very important part of the national highway system. It is the only road that links the province of Manitoba (and thus the entirety of Western Canada) 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
The highway is routed from west to east across the province of Manitoba. It begins at the western provincial boundary with Saskatchewan, connecting with Saskatchewan's Highway 1 to become Manitoba Trans-Canada 1. The highway is designated as T-C 1 throughout Manitoba until it reaches the eastern provincial boundary 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 kilometre section in eastern Manitoba between the town of Falcon Lake and the Manitoba-Ontario provincial boundary which is a two-lane highway.
PTH 1 has full expressway status on the routes around Winnipeg on the Perimeter Highway, and around Portage la Prairie. Plans do exist to bring the entire length of PTH 1 (except the Winnipeg city route) to full expressway status in the future (mentioned at the list of Manitoba expressways). Currently, exit numbers only exist at three interchanges, and only small sections of PTH 1 and the Perimeter Highway have freeway status.
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 (T-C 100) and continues east on TC 1. An alternate routing exits the main T-C 1 route on the western edge of Winnipeg onto the Perimeter Highway (T-C 100), which by-passes the city completely. The Perimeter Highway is a ring road 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 and provincial secondary roads. (From west to east), these are:
- Highway 1A into and out of Brandon
- Provincial Road 351 into and out of Carberry
- Highway 1A through Portage la Prairie
- Highway 26 from Portage la Prairie to Headingley
- Highway 9 from downtown Winnipeg to Lockport
- Highway 44 from Lockport to Whiteshell Provincial Park
In 1949, Highway 1 had been rerouted on new construction northeast of Griswold, with the part of old route from Highway 21 to Highway 28 (as well as Highway 28 itself) becoming part of Highway 21, and the section from Highway 21 eastward being removed from the system, but later becoming PR 455. 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 4 between 1958 and 1968, 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 developments
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 boundary and the town of Hargrave was completed, with 34 kilometres (21 mi) of newly divided highway lanes opened to traffic.
On April 9, 2008, the Government of Manitoba announced that construction of a new interchange would 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. As of 2020, the option for a new interchange was replaced by a study to instead construct a roundabout at this intersection
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 the Trans Canada Highway in Manitoba to 110 km/h along the section between the Saskatchewan-Manitoba provincial boundary and Winnipeg. The speed limit was officially raised on July 1, 2009, though it was only raised on one portion of the highway between the Saskatchewan provincial boundary to Virden. On June 2, 2015, the speed limit between Virden and Headingley increased to 110 km/h, except at Brandon, Carberry, Portage la Prairie, and Elie, where speed is reduced due to major intersections at those locations. The portion of the highway from Winnipeg to the Ontario provincial boundary remains at 100 km/h.
Saskatchewan provincial boundary to Headingley- 110 km/h (70 mph)
Virden- 80 km/h (50 mph)
Brandon- 80 km/h (50 mph)
Carberry- 100 km/h (60 mph)
Portage la Prairie (Freeway)- 100 km/h (60 mph)
Elie- 80 km/h (50 mph)
Headingley-70 km/h (45 mph)
Winnipeg bypass (Perimeter Hwy. PTH #100) - 100 km/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. Anne's Rd. - 60 km/h (35 mph)
Fermor Ave. (To Autumnwood Dr./Lakewood Blvd.) - 70 km/h (45 mph)
Fermor Ave. (To Lagimodiere Blvd.) 80 km/h (50 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)
Major intersections
| Division | Location | km | mi | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallace – Woodworth | | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |  Highway 1 (TCH) west – Regina | Continuation into Saskatchewan |
| Kirkella | 5.5 | 3.4 |  PTH 41 north – St. Lazare PR 542 south – Kola | |||
| Elkhorn | 17.1 | 10.6 |  PR 256 (Cavendish Street) – Willen, Cromer, Elkhorn | |||
| 18.5 | 11.5 | Richhill Avenue E / Road 66 N | Former PR 441 east | |||
| Hargrave | 31.2 | 19.4 | Road 159 W | Former PR 252 south | ||
| | 34.8 | 21.6 |  PTH 83 north – Birtle | West end of PTH 83 concurrency | ||
| | 41.6 | 25.8 | PTH 83 south – Melita PR 259 east – Kenton | East end of PTH 83 concurrency | ||
| Town of Virden | 44.5 | 27.7 | King Street E / Commonwealth Drive | |||
| Wallace – Woodworth | | 46.6 | 29.0 |  PR 257 west – Kola | ||
| Sifton | | 62.8 | 39.0 |  PR 254 south – Oak Lake Beach | West end of PR 254 concurrency | |
| Oak Lake | 68.0 | 42.3 | PR 254 north | East end of PR 254 concurrency | ||
| Sifton–Whitehead municipality line | Griswold | 81.7 | 50.8 |  PTH 21 – Shoal Lake, Sioux Valley, Hartney | ||
| Whitehead | Alexander | 94.9 | 59.0 |  PR 250 north – Rivers | West end of PR 250 concurrency | |
| | 98.4 | 61.1 | PR 250 south – Souris | East end of PR 250 concurrency | ||
| Kemnay | 106.8 | 66.4 |  PTH 1A (TCH) east (City Route) – Brandon | Low bridge east of Kemnay; eastbound vehicles higher than 3.7m (12 ft) advised to stay on TCH | ||
| | 110.8 | 68.8 | Crosses the Assiniboine River | |||
| | 111.5 | 69.3 |  PR 459 east – Grand Valley, Brandon | Interchange | ||
| Elton / Cornwallis | | 115.1 | 71.5 |  PR 270 north – Rapid City, Rivers | ||
| City of Brandon | 121.3 | 75.4 |  PTH 10 south (18th Street) – Brandon, Boissevain | West end of PTH 10 concurrency | ||
| 123.0 | 76.4 | PTH 1A (TCH) west (City Route / 1st Street) – Brandon PTH 10 north (John Bracken Highway) – Dauphin | East end of PTH 10 concurrency | |||
| Elton / Cornwallis | | 127.8 | 79.4 |  PTH 110 south – Boissevain | ||
| | 131.1 | 81.5 |  PR 468 – Justice, Chater | |||
| Elton | | 140.0 | 87.0 |  PR 340 south – Douglas | ||
| North Cypress – Langford | | 148.2 | 92.1 |  PR 464 north – Brookdale | ||
| | 149.6 | 93.0 |  PR 351 east | |||
| | 164.6 | 102.3 |  PTH 5 (Parks Route) – Neepawa, Carberry | Former PR 258; site of the 2023 Carberry highway collision | ||
| North Cypress – Langford–North Norfolk municipality line | | 182.7 | 113.5 | PR 351 west – Melbourne | ||
| North Norfolk | Sidney | 184.3 | 114.5 |  PR 352 – Firdale, Sidney | ||
| Austin | 196.4 | 122.0 |  PTH 34 – Gladstone, Holland | |||
| MacGregor | 210.0 | 130.5 |  PR 350 – Katrime, Lavenham, MacGregor | |||
| Bagot | 219.8 | 136.6 |  PR 242 – Westbourne, Treherne, Bagot | |||
| Portage la Prairie | | 231.3 | 143.7 |   PTH 16 (TCH) west / YH – Neepawa, Saskatoon PR 305 south – St. Claude | West end of Yellowhead Highway concurrency | |
| | 237.5 | 147.6 | Crosses the Portage Diversion (Assiniboine River Floodway) | |||
| | 238.9 | 148.4 | — | PTH 1A (TCH) east (City Route) – Portage la Prairie | Interchange | |
| City of Portage la Prairie | 246.6 | 153.2 | — |  PR 240 – Southport, St. Claude | Interchange | |
| Portage la Prairie | | 250.7 | 155.8 | — | PTH 1A (TCH) west (City Route) – Portage la Prairie | Interchange; no eastbound exit |
| | 251.9 | 156.5 |  PTH 26 east (Chemin Assiniboine Trail) – Poplar Point | Former PTH 1 & 4 east | ||
| | 260.0 | 161.6 | Crosses the Assiniboine River | |||
| | 266.7 | 165.7 |  PTH 13 south – Oakville, Carman PR 430 north – St. Ambroise | |||
| | 275.2 | 171.0 | Road 19 West | Former PR 331 west | ||
| Cartier | | 278.6 | 173.1 | Benard Road | Former PR 426 north | |
| Elie | 285.4 | 177.3 |  PR 248 – St. Eustache, Elie | |||
| | 294.1 | 182.7 |  PR 332 south – Dacotah, Starbuck | |||
| | 301.5 | 187.3 |  PR 424 | Former PR 241 | ||
| Cartier–St. François Xavier municipality line | | 303.1 | 188.3 | Crosses the Assiniboine River | ||
| St. François Xavier | | 303.9 | 188.8 | PTH 26 west (Chemin Assiniboine Trail) – St. François Xavier | Former PTH 1 & 4 west | |
| Headingley | 311.0 | 193.2 | Dodds Road | Former west end of PR 334 concurrency | ||
| 311.4 | 193.5 |  PR 334 south | Former east end of PR 334 concurrency. PR 334's northern terminus is now here. | |||
| City of Winnipeg | 317.0 | 197.0 | 318 |    Perimeter Highway (PTH 100 east / PTH 101 north) / Route 85 begins – Kenora | Interchange; signed as exits 318A (east) and 318B (north); PTH 100 / PTH 101 exit 42; west end of Route 85 (Portage Avenue) concurrency | |
| 321.7 | 199.9 |  Moray Street (Route 96 south) | ||||
| 326.0 | 202.6 |   Route 90 (Century Street) – Airport | Interchange; to PTH 7 north | |||
| 326.5 | 202.9 | Empress Street – Polo Park | Interchange; eastbound access to Route 90 north | |||
| 329.0 | 204.4 | Portage Avenue (Route 85 east) / YH / Broadway | PTH 1 turns onto Broadway; east end of Yellowhead Highway / Route 85 concurrency | |||
| 329.3– 329.5 | 204.6– 204.7 |  Maryland Street (Route 70 south) Sherbrook Street (Route 70 north) | One-way pair | |||
| 330.1 | 205.1 |  Osborne Street (Route 62) | Manitoba Legislative Building | |||
| 330.9– 331.0 | 205.6– 205.7 |  Donald Street (Route 42 south) Smith Street (Route 42 north) | One-way pair; to PTH 75 south | |||
| 331.3 | 205.9 |  Main Street (Route 52 north) | PTH 1 turns onto Main Street; west end of Route 52 concurrency; to PTH 9 north | |||
| 331.7 | 206.1 | Main Street Bridge crosses the Assiniboine River | ||||
| 331.9 | 206.2 | River Avenue (via Stradbrook Avenue) | No westbound access | |||
| 332.1 | 206.4 | Norwood Bridge crosses the Red River | ||||
| 332.3 | 206.5 |  Marion Street (Route 115 east) | No eastbound access; to PTH 15 east | |||
| 334.7 | 208.0 |  St. Anne's Road (Route 150 begins) / St. Mary's Road (Route 52 south) | PTH 1 turns on St. Annes's Road; east end of Route 52 concurrency; west end of Route 150 concurrency; Route 150 northern terminus | |||
| 335.9 | 208.7 |  Fermor Avenue (Route 135 west) / St. Anne's Road (Route 150 south) | PTH 1 turns onto Fermor Avenue; east end of Route 150 concurrency; west end of Route 135 concurrency | |||
| 337.2 | 209.5 |  Archibald Street (Route 30 north) | ||||
| 337.9 | 210.0 |   PTH 59 / Lagimodiere Boulevard (Route 20) | ||||
| 339.5 | 211.0 | Route 135 ends | Winnipeg City Limits; east end of Route 135 concurrency | |||
| Springfield | | 342.5 | 212.8 | — | Plessis Road north | Interchange |
| | 347.0 | 215.6 | 348 | Perimeter Highway (PTH 100 west / PTH 101 north) – Brandon | Interchange; signed as exits 348A (west) and 348B (north) | |
| | 347.6 | 216.0 | Crosses the Red River Floodway | |||
| Deacon's Corner | 349.5 | 217.2 |  PR 207 – Lorette | |||
| Taché | | 357.4 | 222.1 |  PR 206 north – Dugald, Oakbank | West end of PR 206 concurrency | |
| | 359.4 | 223.3 | PR 206 south – Landmark | East end of PR 206 concurrency | ||
| | 363.3 | 225.7 |  PR 501 east (Rosewood Road) | |||
| | 367.3 | 228.2 | To PR 207 (Dawson Road) – Dufresne | |||
| Ste. Anne | | 374.2 | 232.5 | 375 |  PTH 12 (MOM's Way) – Beausejour, Steinbach, Ste. Anne | Interchange; signed as exits 375A (south) and 375B (north) |
| La Coulée | 382.5 | 237.7 | PR 207 west (Dawson Road) | |||
| Richer | 389.0 | 241.7 |  PR 302 – Ross, Richer | |||
| Reynolds | | 415.5 | 258.2 | Spruce Siding | Former PR 506 east | |
| | 429.0 | 266.6 |  PTH 11 north – Lac du Bonnet, Hadashville | |||
| | 431.1 | 267.9 |  PR 503 east (Old Dawson Trail) | |||
| Prawda | 437.2 | 271.7 |  PR 506 north | |||
| | 451.0 | 280.2 |  PR 308 south – East Braintree | |||
| No. 1 | | 468.3 | 291.0 | Enters Whiteshell Provincial Park | ||
| Falcon Lake | 473.6 | 294.3 | — |  PR 301 east – Falcon Lake | Interchange | |
| | 484.7 | 301.2 | — |  PTH 44 west – West Hawk Lake | Interchange; former PTH 1 & 4 west | |
| | 488.8 | 303.7 | — |   Highway 17 east / TCH – Kenora | Continuation into Ontario | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Related route
 Provincial Route 301 | |
|---|---|
| Location | Whiteshell Provincial Park |
| Length | 11.5 km (7.1 mi) |
| Existed | 1966–present |
Provincial Road 301 (PR 301) is a 11.5-kilometre-long (7.1 mi) east-west spur off of PTH 1 near the Ontario border, situated wholly inside Whiteshell Provincial Park.
It begins at an interchange with the Trans-Canada Highway at the Falcon Lake community, winding its way eastward along the northern shoreline of Falcon Lake, where it provides access to Faloma and Toniata. The highway now heads inland, curving northward to pass underneath PTH 1, without an interchange, before travelling past Star Lake. PR 301 comes to an end shortly thereafter at an intersection with PTH 44 (La Vérendrye Trail) near West Hawk Lake. The entire length of PR 301 is a paved two-lane highway.
| Division | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteshell Provincial Park | Falcon Lake | 0.0 | 0.0 |  PTH 1 (TCH) – Winnipeg, KenoraFalcon Boulevard – Falcon Lake | Western terminus; interchange |
| Faloma | 5.9 | 3.7 | F7 – Faloma | ||
| Toniata | 7.5 | 4.7 | Toniata | ||
| | 11.5 | 7.1 | PTH 44 (La Vérendrye Trail) – Rennie, West Hawk Lake | Eastern terminus | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
References
- ^ "PTH 1 in Manitoba" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
- ^ Exits 318, 348, & 375
- ^ "A.C. Emmett and the Development of Manitoba's Highways". The Government of Manitoba. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
- ^ "Official map of Western Canada, 1946". The H.M. Gousha Company. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
- ^ "Route map of central and west North America, 1938". R. V. Droz. Archived from the original on 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
- ^ "The Atlas of Canada -- Major Roads, 1955". The Atlas of Canada. Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
- ^ "Province of Manitoba - News Releases - Budget 2008 Charts Steady Course: Selinger". gov.mb.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
- ^ "PROVINCE ANNOUNCES IMPROVEMENTS TO INTERSECTION OF TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY AND PTH 16". gov.mb.ca. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- ^ "Manitoba to raise speed limit". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
- ^ "Province of Manitoba - News Releases - Speed Limit To Increase On Certain Sections Of Twinned Highway". gov.mb.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
- ^ "TransCanada speed limit in Manitoba increases to 110 km/h on June 2". cbc.ca. 23 April 2015.
- ^ Government of Manitoba. "Official Highway Map of Manitoba section 3" (PDF). Retrieved September 25, 2024.
- ^ "Map of Manitoba Provincial Road 301" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
External links
- Official Name and Location - Declaration of Provincial Trunk Highways Regulation - The Highways and Transportation Act - Provincial Government of Manitoba
- Official Highway Map - Published and maintained by the Department of Infrastructure - Provincial Government of Manitoba (see Legend and Maps#1,2 & 3)
- Google Maps Search - Provincial Trunk Highway 1
