Manitoba Highway 1

Highway 1
Trans-Canada Highway
Route information
Length:	490 km (304 mi)
Existed:	1942 – present
Major junctions
West end:	Saskatchewan border near Kirkella continues west as Hwy 1 (TCH) towards Whitewood and Regina
	PTH 41 at Kirkella PTH 83 near Virden PTH 21 near Griswold PTH 10 in Brandon PTH 5 near Carberry PTH 34 near Austin PTH 16 (TCH) near Portage la Prairie PTH 26 near Portage la Prairie PTH 13 near Oakville PTH 26 near St. François Xavier PTH 100 (TCH) / PTH 101 in Winnipeg PTH 59 in Winnipeg PTH 12 near Ste. Anne PTH 11 near Hadashville PTH 44 near West Hawk Lake
East end:	Ontario border near West Hawk Lake continues east as Highway 17 / TCH towards Kenora and Thunder Bay
Location
Major cities:	Brandon, Portage la Prairie, Winnipeg
Towns:	Elkhorn, Virden, MacGregor, Elie, Ste. Anne, Falcon Lake
Highway system
Manitoba provincial highways ← PTH 110 PTH 1A →

Provincial Trunk Highway 1 (PTH 1) is the Manitoba section of the Trans-Canada Highway mainline route. It is a heavily used, 4-lane divided highway, with the exception of a short 18 km section in the southeastern corner of the province. It is the main link between southern Manitoba's largest cities, and also serves as the province's main transportation link to the neighbouring provinces of Saskatchewan (to the west) and Ontario (to the east). The highway is the only major east-west divided highway in Manitoba, and carries a large majority of east-west traffic within and through the province. It has full freeway status sections at Portage la Prairie and Winnipeg. The total distance of the Trans-Canada Highway in Manitoba is 490 km (300 mi).

Manitoba Highway 1 is a very important part of the national highway system in Canada, as it is the sole highway linking the eastern and western regions of the country. It is the only road that links the province of Manitoba 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

Eastbound on the Trans Canada Highway in south-western Manitoba near Carberry.

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.

Manitoba 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 Highway 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,^[1] and only small sections of Highway 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 "Welcome to Manitoba" sign, entering Manitoba from Saskatchewan at the provincial boundary on TCH 1.

The first provincial trunk highways in Manitoba were numbered in 1926.^[2] 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:^[3][4][5]

• 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

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 History

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.^[6] This project has been delayed and is now scheduled for completion by 2015.^[7]

Speed limits

Westbound driving from Kenora, Ontario to Winnipeg, near Lorette (East of Winnipeg)

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.^[8] 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.^[9] On June 2, 2015, the speed limit between Virden and Headingley increased to 110 km/h, except at Brandon, Portage la Prairie, and Elie, where speed is reduced due to major intersections at those locations.^[10] 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 (68 mph)

Virden- 80 km/h (50 mph)

Brandon- 80 km/h (50 mph)

Portage la Prairie (Freeway)- 100 km/h (60 mph)

Elie- 80 km/h (50 mph)

Headingley-70 km/h (40 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 (40 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	Destinations	Notes
Wallace – Woodworth		0	0	Hwy 1 (TCH) west – Regina	Saskatchewan province line
		6	4	PTH 41 north / PR 542 south – St. Lazare, McAuley, Kola, Kirkella
		18	11	PR 256 (Cavendish St.) – Willen, Cromer, Elkhorn
		20	12	Richhill Avenue East - Elkhorn	former PR 441
		32	20	Hargrave	former PR 252 south
		35	22	PTH 83 north – Birtle	west end of PTH 83 overlap
		41	25	PTH 83 south / PR 259 east – Kenton, Melita	east end of PTH 83 overlap
		45	28	King Street East - Virden
		48	30	PR 257 west – Kola
Sifton		62	39	PR 254 south – Oak Lake Beach	west end of PR 254 overlap
		67	42	PR 254 north – Oak Lake	east end of PR 254 overlap
		80	50	PTH 21 – Shoal Lake, Sioux Valley, Hartney
Whitehead		92	57	PR 250 north – Rivers, Alexander	west end of PR 250 overlap
		96	60	PR 250 south – Souris	east end of PR 250 overlap
		104	65	PTH 1A (TCH) east (City Route) – Brandon
		109	68	PR 459 – Grand Valley	interchange
Elton / Cornwallis		112	70	PR 270 north – Rapid City, Rivers
	Brandon	120	75	PTH 10 south (18th Street) – Brandon, Boissevain	west end of PTH 10 overlap
		122	76	PTH 1A (TCH) south (City Route / 1st Street) / PTH 10 north – Dauphin, Brandon	east end of PTH 10 overlap
Elton / Cornwallis		126	78	PTH 110 south – Boissevain
		130	81	PR 468 – Justice, Chater
Elton		138	86	PR 340 south – Douglas
North Cypress – Langford		146	91	PR 464 north – Brookdale
		147	91	PR 351 east
		163	101	PTH 5 – Neepawa, Carberry	former PR 258
		181	112	PR 351 west – Melbourne
North Norfolk		183	114	PR 352 – Firdale, Sidney
		195	121	PTH 34 – Gladstone, Holland
		208	129	PR 350 – Katrime, Lavenham, MacGregor
		218	135	PR 242 – Westbourne, Treherne, Bagot
Portage la Prairie		230	143	PTH 16 (TCH) west (Yellowhead Route) / PR 305 south – Neepawa, St. Claude, Saskatoon
		238	148	PTH 1A (TCH) east (City Route) – Portage la Prairie	interchange
	Portage la Prairie	247	153	PR 240 – Southport, Portage la Prairie	interchange
Portage la Prairie		252	157	PTH 1A (TCH) west (City Route) – Portage la Prairie	interchange; no eastbound exit
		253	157	PTH 26 east – Poplar Point
		268	167	PTH 13 south / PR 430 north – St. Ambroise, Oakville, Carman
		276	171	Road 19 West	former PR 331 west
Cartier		279	173	Benard Road	former PR 426 north
		287	178	PR 248 – St. Eustache, Elie
		296	184	PR 332 south – Dacotah, Starbuck
		304	189	PR 424	former PR 241
		306	190	PTH 26 west – St. Francois Xavier
Headingley	Headingley	313	194	PR 334 north	west end of PR 334 overlap
		314	195	PR 334 south	east end of PR 334 overlap
	Winnipeg	319	198	PTH 100 (TCH) east / PTH 101 north (Perimeter Highway) – Kenora	interchange; signed as exits 318A (east) and 318B (north); west end of Route 85 overlap
		325	202	Route 96 south (Moray Street)
		327	203	Route 90 – Airport	interchange; no direct eastbound exit to Route 90 north (signed via Empress Street)
		327.5	203.5	Empress Street - Polo Park	interchange
		329	204	Route 85 east (Portage Avenue)	east end of Route 85 overlap; no eastbound entrance
		329.5	204.7	Route 70 south (Maryland Street)
		329.5	204.7	Route 70 north (Sherbrook Street)
		330.5	205.4	Route 62 (Osborne Street)	no left turn eastbound
		331	206	Route 42 south (Donald Street)
		331	206	Route 42 north (Smith Street)
		331.5	206.0	Route 52 north (Main Street)	west end of Route 52 overlap
				Bridge over Assiniboine River
				River Avenue
				Bridge over Red River
		332	206	Route 115 east (Marion Street)	no eastbound entrance
		335	208	Route 52 south (St. Mary's Road)	east end of Route 52 overlap; west end of Route 150 overlap; no left turn westbound
		337	209	Route 135 west (Fermor Avenue) / Route 150 south (St. Anne's Road)	east end of Route 150 overlap; west end of Route 135 overlap
		339	211	Route 30 north (Archibald Street)
		342	213	PTH 59 / Route 20 (Lagimodiere Boulevard)
Springfield		345	214	Plessis Road north	interchange
		349	217	PTH 100 (TCH) west / PTH 101 north (Perimeter Highway) – Brandon	interchange; signed as exits 348A (west) and 348B (north); east end of Route 135 overlap
	Deacon's Corner	351	218	PR 207 – Lorette
Taché		359	223	PR 206 north – Dugald, Oakbank	west end of PR 206 overlap
		362	225	PR 206 south – Landmark	east end of PR 206 overlap
		366	227	PR 501 east (Rosewood Road)
				To PR 207 – Dufresne
Ste. Anne		373	232	PTH 12 – Beausejour, Steinbach	interchange; signed as exits 375A (south) and 375B (north)
		385	239	PR 207 west (Dawson Road)
		392	244	PR 302 – Ross, Richer
Reynolds		418	260	Spruce Siding	former PR 506 east
		432	268	PTH 11 north – Lac du Bonnet, Hadashville
		434	270	PR 503 east (Old Dawson Trail)
	Prawda	440	273	PR 506 north
		454	282	PR 308 south – East Braintree
Whiteshell Provincial Park		476	296	PR 301 – Falcon Lake	interchange
		486	302	PTH 44 – West Hawk Lake	interchange
		490	304	Highway 17 east / TCH – Kenora	Ontario province line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

Route map: Bing / Google

• List of Manitoba expressways

References

1. Exits 318, 348, & 375
2. "A.C. Emmett and the Development of Manitoba's Highways". The Government of Manitoba. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
3. "Official map of Western Canada, 1946". The H.M. Gousha Company. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
4. "Route map of central and west North America, 1938". R. V. Droz. Archived from the original on 2009-10-26. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
5. "The Atlas of Canada -- Major Roads, 1955". The Atlas of Canada. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
6. "Province of Manitoba - News Releases - Budget 2008 Charts Steady Course: Selinger". gov.mb.ca.
7. http://www.gov.mb.ca/mit/highwayrenewal/pdf/mbhrp2011.pdf
8. Manitoba to raise speed limit
9. "Province of Manitoba - News Releases - Speed Limit To Increase On Certain Sections Of Twinned Highway". gov.mb.ca.
10. "TransCanada speed limit in Manitoba increases to 110 km/h on June 2". cbc.ca. 23 April 2015.