Manitoba Highway 16

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 15 PTH 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

• Minnedosa - Highway 16A

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

Division	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Russell – Binscarth		0	0	Hwy 16 (TCH) west – Yorkton, Saskatoon	Saskatchewan province line
	Russell	16	10	PTH 83 north – Roblin	west end of PTH 83 overlap
		17	11	PTH 45 east – Rossburn
		20	12	PR 579 west
		23	14	Road 116 North	former PR 479 east
		33	21	PR 478 – Esterhazy
		35	22	PTH 41 south – St. Lazare
Ellice – Archie / Russell – Binscarth		37	23	PR 359 east
Prairie View	Foxwarren	49	30	PR 475 west
		56	35	PTH 83 south – Birtle	east end of PTH 83 overlap
		60	37	PR 476 north – Angusville
		68	42	PR 472 south – Solsgirth	former PR 474 south
		78	48	PR 264 north – Rossburn	west end of PR 264 overlap; former PR 254 north
Yellowhead	Kelloe	82	51	PR 264 south – Decker	east end of PR 264 overlap; former PR 254 south
		88	55	Road 141 West - Vista	former PR 472 north
		95	59	PTH 42 west – Shoal Lake, Birtle
		96	60	PTH 21 – Shoal Lake, Oakburn, Hamiota
	Ipswich	103	64	Menzie Road / Green Bluff Road (Road 131 West)	former PR 470
		110	68	PR 354 south – Strathclair, Oak River	west end of PR 354 overlap
		114	71	PR 354 north – Elphinstone	east end of PR 354 overlap
Harrison Park		124	77	PR 250 south – Rivers	west end of PR 250 overlap
		126	78	PR 250 north – Sandy Lake, Newdale	east end of PR 250 overlap
		127	79	Road 91 North	former PR 473 east
Oakview		139	86	PR 270 to PTH 45 – Rapid City	former PTH 27 south
Minto – Odanah		149	93	PTH 10 north / PTH 16A east – Minnedosa, Riding Mountain Park, Dauphin	west end of PTH 10 overlap
		151	94	PR 355 – Minnedosa, Cardale
		155	96	PTH 10 south – Brandon	east end of PTH 10 overlap
		157	98	PTH 16A north / PR 262 – Minnedosa
		169	105	PR 466 south
North Cypress – Langford		171	106	Franklin Road (Road 95.5 West) - Franklin	former PR 466 north
		177	110	PR 464 south – Brookdale
	Neepawa	187	116	PTH 5 north – Dauphin	west end of PTH 5 overlap
		188	117	PTH 5 south – Carberry	west end of PTH 5 overlap; former PR 258 south
Glenella – Lansdowne		203	126	PR 352 south – Sidney	west end of PR 352 overlap
				PR 352 north – Arden	east end of PR 352 overlap
WestLake – Gladstone		215	134	PR 260 north – Plumas
		225	140	PTH 34 south – Gladstone, Austin	former PR 460 north
		237	147	PR 350 south – Katrime
		245	152	PTH 50 north – Langruth, Amaranth
		252	157	PR 242 – Westbourne, Lynchs Point, Bagot
		254	158	PR 242 north – Lynchs Point
Portage la Prairie		256	159	PR 227 east
		267	166	Road 71 North - Poplar Point	former PR 249 east
		273	170	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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