Manitoba Highway 22

Manitoba Highway 22 shield

Highway 22
Route information
Length: 22 km (14 mi)
Existed: 1960 – present
Major junctions
South end: PTH 23 near Elgin
North end: PTH 2 / PR 250 in Souris
Location
Towns: Souris
Highway system

Manitoba provincial highways

← PTH 21PTH 23 →

Provincial Trunk Highway 22 (PTH 22) is a very short north-south provincial highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It runs from PTH 23 near Elgin to PTH 2 and PR 250 in Souris. This highway is the main access road to the renowned Souris Swinging Bridge.[1]

History

Prior to 1953, Highway 22 was the designation of the route connecting the US border south of Melita to Highway 1 in Virden. In 1953, the government re-designated the highway as PTH 83 in order to match U.S. Route 83.[2]

After the original Highway 22 was redesignated as PTH 83, it was moved to a route connecting Highway 1 near Beausejour to Grand Beach, which is now PTH 12 and PTH 59, between 1953 and 1955.[3] The highway was extended to Victoria Beach along what is now PTH 59 in 1956. After the highway was extended, a small stretch of Highway 22 to Grand Beach was redesignated as Highway 22A.[4] The route kept this designation until 1959, when PTH 12 was extended north, replacing Highway 22. As well, the former section of Highway 22A was redesignated as Highway 12G. A small section of the former Highway 22 south of Victoria Beach was redesignated as Highway 12V as Highway 12 turned east to meet Highway 11 at Pine Falls.[5]

PTH 22 was designated to its current route in 1960.[6]

References

Route map: Bing / Google

  1. ↑ Manitoba Highways - PTH 2-49
  2. ↑ "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1952". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
  3. ↑ "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1953". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
  4. ↑ "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1956". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
  5. ↑ "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1959". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
  6. ↑ "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1960". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.

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