Manitoba Highway 2 (original) (raw)

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Highway in Manitoba, Canada

Provincial Trunk Highway 2 markerProvincial Trunk Highway 2
Red Coat Trail
Manitoba Highway 2.jpgHighway 2 in the RM of Pipestone
Route information
Maintained by Manitoba Infrastructure
Length 315 km (196 mi)
Existed 1928–present
Major junctions
West end Highway 13 at Saskatchewan border near Sinclair
Major intersections PTH 83 at Pipestone PTH 21 near Deleau PTH 22 at Souris PTH 10 near Nesbitt PTH 18 near Wawanesa PTH 5 at Glenboro PTH 34 at Holland PTH 13 at Elm Creek PTH 3 at Oak Bluff
East end PTH 100 (TCH) near Oak Bluff
Location
Country Canada
Province Manitoba
Rural municipalities PipestoneSiftonSouris – GlenwoodOakland – WawanesaGlenboro – South CypressVictoriaNorfolk TreherneGreyMacdonald
Highway system
Provincial highways in Manitoba Winnipeg City Routes
← PTH 1A→ PTH 3

Provincial Trunk Highway 2 (PTH 2) is a 315-kilometre (196-mile) highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It runs from Highway 13 at the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border to Winnipeg's Perimeter Highway near Oak Bluff.

PTH 2 is the Manitoba portion of the Red Coat Trail.[1][2]

Typical guide signage along PTH 2

PTH 2 begins in the Rural Municipality of Pipestone at the Saskatchewan border, with the road, and the Red Coat Trail, continuing west as Saskatchewan Highway 13 (Hwy 13) towards the town of Redvers. The highway heads east, along with the Red Coat Trail, to pass along the northern edge of Sinclair, where it shares a 4-kilometre-long (2.5 mi) concurrency (overlap) with PR 256, before making a sharp curve to the south, then another to the east as it passes through Linklater. It now passes through the town of Reston and the community of Pipestone, where it has an intersection with PTH 83, before crossing into the Rural Municipality of Sifton.

PTH 2 pass just a few kilometres to the south of Oak Lake as it travels through the communities of Findlay and Deleau, where it has an intersection with PR 254 and have a several kilometer long concurrency with PTH 21, which involves a sharp curve to the north, then the east. The highway crosses into the Municipality of Souris - Glenwood at the second intersection with PTH 21.

PTH 2 has an intersection with PR 347 before crossing Plum Creek to enter Souris. The highway crosses a railroad track and passes through neighbourhoods before having an intersection with PTH 22 and PR 250 at the northern edge of downtown. It begins paralleling the Souris River and leaves Souris as it passes along the south side of Souris Glenwood Industrial Air Park and crosses another railroad track. Shortly thereafter, the highway crosses into the Municipality of Oakland - Wawanesa at an intersection with PR 348.

Shot of PTH 2 during the summer

PTH 2 passes just to the north of Carroll before having a short concurrency with PTH 10 (also known as the John Bracken Highway), where it crosses yet another railroad track. It heads east to pass on the southern edge of Nesbitt, where it has an intersection with PR 346, before curving southeast, having an intersection with PR 344 and crossing the Souris River for the second and final time. The highway travels along the southern edge of Wawanesa, having intersections with Tenterfield Road (which leads to Dunrea) and PR 340 (which leads to Wawanesa proper), before crossing into the Municipality of Glenboro - South Cypress.[3]

PTH 2 makes a sharp curve to the south, then east, to have intersections with PTH 18 and PR 530, before heading due eastward to cross a creek and pass through Glenboro, where it junctions with PTH 5 (Parks Route). Entering the Rural Municipality of Victoria at an intersection with PR 342, The highway travels along the northern edge of Cypress River, where it crosses the river of the same name.

Typical scenery along PTH 2, taken here between Holland and Treherne

PTH 2 curves more northeastward as it passes through Holland, where it has an intersection with PTH 34 and parallels a former railroad line, before entering the Municipality of Norfolk Treherne. The highway becomes more curvy as it passes through Treherne, where it has a concurrency with PR 242, and Rathwell, where it junctions with PR 244, before crossing into the Rural Municipality of Grey.

Distance sign along PTH 2 between St. Claude and Elm Creek

PTH 2 crosses PR 305 before going through a switchback and travelling through St. Claude, where it crosses PR 240. It goes through another switchback as follows along the northern and eastern edges of Haywood before travelling through Elm Creek, where it has intersections with PTH 13 and PR 247, as well as crossing over a railroad track. The highway continues northeast to pass through the communities of Culross and Fannystelle, where it has an intersection with PR 248, before entering the Rural Municipality of Macdonald.

PTH 2 in St. Claude

PTH 2 passes through Starbuck, where it has an intersection with PR 332 and crosses the La Salle River, before heading due east to have an intersection with PR 424 and a short concurrency with PR 334. The highway now travels along the southern edge of Oak Bluff, where it meets PTH 3 at a roundabout shortly before PTH 2, and the Red Coat Trail, both come to an end at an intersection with PTH 100 (South Perimeter Highway / Trans-Canada Highway).[4]

The entire length of Provincial Trunk Highway 2 is a rural, two-lane highway travelling through the relatively flat prairies of southern Manitoba.[5]

Before the implementation of the Winnipeg's city route system, PTH 2 shared McGillivray Boulevard with PTH 3 to Pembina Highway. This roadway is now designated as Winnipeg Route 155.

Major intersections

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Provincial Road 530 markerProvincial Road 530
Location South of Treesbank
Length 7.3 km (4.5 mi)
Existed 1992–present

Provincial Road 530 (PR 530) is a 7.3-kilometre-long (4.5 mi) spur of PTH 2 in the Municipality of Glenboro-South Cypress, previously connecting it to the hamlet of Treesbank prior to the Souris River bridge collapse during the 2011 Souris River flood.[6] At its northern end, including the former bridge, PR 530 follows a former section of PR 340. The entire length of PR 530 is a rural two-lane gravel road.[3][7]

Between 1966 and 1992, PR 530 was designated along an entirely different route, running 9.9 kilometres (6.2 mi) from PR 245 in Bruxelles to PTH 23 along the border of the Swan Lake First Nation, all within the Municipality of Lorne along Road 64W.[8]

  1. ^ Trails, truth and tourism: Manitoba’s Red Coat Trail. Lesley Gaudry. Prairie Perspectives: Geographical Essays. University of Winnipeg (2004): p. 35. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  2. ^ Travel Awaits (2 August 2020). "Driving The Historic Red Coat Trail: Winnipeg To Calgary". Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b Government of Manitoba. "Manitoba Highway map #1" (PDF). Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  4. ^ Government of Manitoba. "Manitoba Highway map #2" (PDF). Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Map of Manitoba Highway 2" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  6. ^ a b Manitoba Historical Society. "Historic Sites of Manitoba: Concrete Bowstring Arch Bridge No. 412 (Souris River, Municipality of Glenboro-South Cypress)". Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Map of Manitoba Provincial Road 530" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Official Highway Map of Manitoba 1990-1991" (PDF). Retrieved 29 October 2024.

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