Manitoba Highway 16

Trans-Canada Highway 16 shieldYellowhead shield

Highway 16
Yellowhead Highway
Route information
Length: 273 km (170 mi)
Existed: 1928 – present
Major junctions
West end: Saskatchewan border near Harrowby
continues west as Hwy 16 (TCH) toward Yorkton and Saskatoon
 

PTH 83
PTH 45
PTH 41
PTH 42
PTH 21
PTH 10
PTH 5
PTH 34

PTH 50
East end: PTH 1 (TCH) / PR 305 west of Portage la Prairie
Location
Towns: Russell, Binscarth, Shoal Lake, Minnedosa, Neepawa, Gladstone
Highway system

Manitoba provincial highways

PTH 15PTH 16A

Provincial Trunk Highway 16 (PTH 16) is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is the Manitoba section of the Yellowhead Highway, and also the Trans-Canada Highway Yellowhead section. The main purpose of this highway is to connect Winnipeg with other Canadian cities such as Saskatoon and Edmonton. The highway runs from Bloom at an intersection with the Trans-Canada Highway and Provincial Road 305 10 km west of Portage la Prairie to the Saskatchewan boundary 16 km west of Russell, where it continues as Saskatchewan Highway 16.

The highway is two lanes through Manitoba, with two small divided sections at the north and south junctions with PTH 10 around Minnedosa, which it runs in concurrence with just west of the town. Twinning and upgrading to expressway status is being planned in the future.

Alternate routes

History

The route was known as PTH 4 until 1977, when it was renumbered to allow the entire length of the Yellowhead Highway to retain the number 16 designation across all four provinces of western Canada.

Between 1966 and 1977, PTH 16 was the designation of the route connecting Fisher Branch to PTH 7 near Fraserwood.[1] This route is now designated as PTH 17.

The highway has had some reconfigurations in its time. When the highway first appeared on the 1928 Manitoba Highway Map,[2] the highway's eastern terminus with PTH 1 was located in Portage la Prairie. From Portage la Prairie, the road traveled north following the current PR 240 to Mile 71N (formerly PR 249). The highway would then turn west and rejoin its current configuration just south of Macdonald.[3] The junction was moved to its current location in 1950,[4] and the old section was designated as PTH 4A between 1953 and 1965.[5]

In the Minnedosa area, the section of highway from PTH 16A and PR 262 to Franklin Road (formerly PR 466 north) was constructed and opened to traffic in 1948. Prior to this, the highway turned north for two kilometres and then west past the hamlet of Franklin to Minnedosa, meeting PTH 10 south at the town limits. It then shared the highway to a point three kilometres north of its current junction with PTH 10 north at what is now the turnoff to the Ski Valley Recreation Area. PTH 4 would then turn west and rejoin the current configuration just east of Basswood.[6] The current section of PTH 16 between its current northbound/westbound junction with PTH 10 and Basswood was constructed and opened to traffic in 1953.[7]

After these reconfigurations, PTH 4 met southbound PTH 10 two kilometres south of Minnedosa and then shared the highway through the town along what is now PTH 16A to its current northbound/westbound junction. The highway was extended two kilometers farther west in 1971 to its current junction with southbound PTH 10 with the construction of the Minnedosa bypass.[8]

The current section between Shoal Lake and the southbound junction of PTH 83 was constructed and opened to traffic in 1958. Prior to this, PTH 4 would meet PTH 21 in Shoal Lake (northbound PTH 21 ended at this point). The highway would continue west along what is now PTH 42 to meet PTH 83 south at Birtle. The two highways would then run in concurrence from Birtle to the current junction seven kilometers east of Foxwarren, where it would then rejoin its current configuration.[9]

Major intersections

DivisionLocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Russell – Binscarth 00 Hwy 16 (TCH) west Yorkton, SaskatoonSaskatchewan province line
Russell1610 PTH 83 north Roblinwest end of PTH 83 overlap
1711 PTH 45 east Rossburn
 2012 PR 579 west
 2314Road 116 Northformer PR 479 east
 3321 PR 478 Esterhazy
 3522 PTH 41 south St. Lazare
Ellice – Archie /
Russell – Binscarth
 3723 PR 359 east
Prairie ViewFoxwarren4930 PR 475 west
 5635 PTH 83 south Birtleeast end of PTH 83 overlap
 6037 PR 476 north Angusville
 6842 PR 472 south – Solsgirthformer PR 474 south
 7848 PR 264 north Rossburnwest end of PR 264 overlap; former PR 254 north
YellowheadKelloe8251 PR 264 south Deckereast end of PR 264 overlap; former PR 254 south
 8855Road 141 West - Vistaformer PR 472 north
 9559 PTH 42 west Shoal Lake, Birtle
 9660 PTH 21 Shoal Lake, Oakburn, Hamiota
Ipswich10364Menzie Road / Green Bluff Road (Road 131 West)former PR 470
 11068 PR 354 south Strathclair, Oak Riverwest end of PR 354 overlap
 11471 PR 354 north Elphinstoneeast end of PR 354 overlap
Harrison Park 12477 PR 250 south Riverswest end of PR 250 overlap
 12678 PR 250 north Sandy Lake, Newdaleeast end of PR 250 overlap
 12779Road 91 Northformer PR 473 east
Oakview 13986 PR 270 to PTH 45 Rapid Cityformer PTH 27 south
Minto – Odanah 14993 PTH 10 north / PTH 16A east Minnedosa, Riding Mountain Park, Dauphinwest end of PTH 10 overlap
 15194 PR 355 Minnedosa, Cardale
 15596 PTH 10 south Brandoneast end of PTH 10 overlap
 15798 PTH 16A north / PR 262 Minnedosa
 169105 PR 466 south
North Cypress – Langford 171106Franklin Road (Road 95.5 West) - Franklinformer PR 466 north
 177110 PR 464 south Brookdale
Neepawa187116 PTH 5 north Dauphinwest end of PTH 5 overlap
188117 PTH 5 south Carberrywest end of PTH 5 overlap; former PR 258 south
Glenella – Lansdowne 203126 PR 352 south Sidneywest end of PR 352 overlap
  PR 352 north – Ardeneast end of PR 352 overlap
WestLake – Gladstone 215134 PR 260 north Plumas
 225140 PTH 34 south Gladstone, Austinformer PR 460 north
 237147 PR 350 south – Katrime
 245152 PTH 50 north – Langruth, Amaranth
 252157 PR 242 Westbourne, Lynchs Point, Bagot
 254158 PR 242 north – Lynchs Point
Portage la Prairie 256159 PR 227 east
 267166Road 71 North - Poplar Pointformer PR 249 east
 273170 PTH 1 (TCH) / PR 305 south St. Claude, Portage la Prairie, Winnipeg, Brandon
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1968". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
  2. "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1928". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
  3. "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1947-1948". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
  4. "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1950". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
  5. "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1960". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
  6. "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1948-1949". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
  7. "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1953". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
  8. "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1961". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
  9. "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1971". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.

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