Manitoba Highway 13

Manitoba Highway 13 shield

Highway 13
Route information
Maintained by Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation
Length: 50.8 km (31.6 mi)
Existed: 1947 – present
Major junctions
South end: PTH 3 / PR 245 in Carman
  PTH 2 near Elm Creek
North end: PTH 1 (TCH) / PR 430 near Oakville
Location
Rural
municipalities:		 Portage la Prairie, Grey, Dufferin
Towns: Carman
Highway system

Manitoba provincial highways

← PTH 12PTH 14 →

Provincial Highway 13 (also known as PTH 13) by the Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation is a Regional Transportation Advisory Committee RTAC Route of Manitoba. The RTAC route is capable of handling RTAC vehicles such as a truck, a truck and pony trailer, a truck and full trailer, a truck tractor and semi-trailer, an A-train, a B-train, or a C-train.[1] The route extends south to north from its junction with PTH 3 and PR 245 in Carman to its junction with PTH 1 and PR 430 north of Oakville.[2] The northern terminus of PTH 13 is located between Portage la Prairie and Manitoba's capital city Winnipeg. The Central Manitoba Railway (CEMR) shortline rail intersects PTH 13 north of Carman, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) intersects at Elm Creek, and the Canadian National Railway (CNR) at Oakville.[3]

Route description

Pembina Valley located in southern Manitoba demarks the southern terminus of PTH 13, featuring agricultural plains, and rolling hills.[4] PTH 13 begins at the junction with PTH 3 and PR 245 at Carman. Carman's slogan, A Community of All Seasons. . . for Lots of Reasons! gives support to its growing economic horticulture base Vanderveen Greenhouses, Canada's biggest greenhouse operation and Aubin's Nurseries. Carman's municipal campground is located in King's Park near the Carman Aquatic Centre.[5] Carman is located on the banks of the Boyne River. The Stephenfield Lake Watershed Management Plan and Stephenfield Provincial Park are located to the west of PTH 13.[6] Grain and livestock farming are the main agricultural pursuits of residents of Grey Rural Municipality.[7] Sale River intersects the Trans-Canada Highway and PTH 13 approximately 16 km (9.9 mi) east of Portage la Prairie.[8]

History

PTH 13 first appeared on the 1947-48 Manitoba Highway Map.[9] Originally, it served as a short connector route spanning 20 kilometres (12 mi) between its current southern terminus with PTH 3 in Carman and PTH 2 near Elm Creek.

PTH 13 was extended further north and east in 1957 to meet PTH 1 near St. Francois Xavier.[10] The following year, the highway was shortened to its current northern terminus north of Oakville when PTH 1 was reconfigured to its current route.[11]

On September 12, 2007 the Manitoba government entered

into an agreement with the Government of Canada (Transport Canada) to cost share safety improvements at a railway crossing at Highway 13 near Oakville.
— [12]

to provide an automated advance warning system.

Major intersections

DivisionLocationkm[13]miDestinationsNotes
DufferinCarman00 PTH 3 / PR 245 west – Morden, Winnipeg, Roseisle
 10.36.4 PR 305
Grey 20.112.5 PTH 2 – Treherne, Holland, Winnipeg
Portage la Prairie 48.230.0 PR 331 west – Newton
 50.831.6 PTH 1 (TCH) / PR 430 north – St. Ambroise, Portage la Prairie, Winnipeg
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Weights and Dimensions Compliance Guide". Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation. Government of Manitoba. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  2. ↑ "Motor Carrier Enforcement Programs – RTAC Routes". Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation. Government of Manitoba. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  3. ↑ "Official Highway Map". Government of Manitoba. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  4. ↑ "Manitoba Community Profiles - Community Profile:R.M. of Dufferin".
  5. ↑ "Carman, Manitoba Canada". Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  6. ↑ "Stephenfield Watershed". Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  7. ↑ "Manitoba Community Profiles - Community Profile:R.M. of Grey". Archived from the original on 2008-03-08. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  8. ↑ "Manitoba Community Profiles - Community Profile:R.M. of Portage La Prairie". Archived from the original on 2008-03-08. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  9. ↑ Manitoba Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. 1947. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  10. ↑ Manitoba Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. 1957. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  11. ↑ Manitoba Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. 1958. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Manitoba Order In Council" (PDF). Government of Manitoba. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  13. ↑ Microsoft Streets and Tips (Map) (2004 ed.). Microsoft Corporation Redmond Washington.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

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