Manitoba Highway 44
Provincial Trunk Highway 44 (PTH 44) is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
Historic Highway No. 1 | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by Manitoba Infrastructure | ||||
Length | 149 km (93 mi) | |||
Existed | 1968–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | ||||
East end | ||||
Location | ||||
Districts | Unorganized Division No. 1 | |||
Rural municipalities | ||||
Towns | Beausejour | |||
Highway system | ||||
Manitoba provincial highways Winnipeg City Routes
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It begins at Highway 9 near Lockport, north of Winnipeg. The highway travels east through Beausejour before heading southeast in concurrency with Highway 11 for approximately 20 kilometres (12 miles) and then continues southeast through Whiteshell Provincial Park. PTH 44 ends at the Trans-Canada Highway near the Ontario boundary. It becomes very narrow as it passes through the Wilderness of the Park, and is very hilly and winding. The speed limit along Highway 44 is 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph).
History
Highway 44 was originally part of PTH 1.[1] When the new PTH 1 route was completed as part of the Trans-Canada Highway project in 1958, this section of Highway 1 became part of transprovincial Highway 4 (along with current Highways 9, 16, and 26).[2] The highway was renumbered to its current designation in 1968.[3]
Major intersections
Division | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes | |||
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St. Andrews | Lockport | 0.0 | 0.0 | PTH 44 western terminus | ||||
0.9 | 0.56 | |||||||
↑ / ↓ | 1.1– 1.6 | 0.68– 0.99 | Crosses the Red River (St. Andrews Caméré Curtain Bridge Dam) | |||||
St. Clements | 1.8 | 1.1 | West end of PR 204 concurrency | |||||
| 2.1– 2.4 | 1.3– 1.5 | Crosses the Red River Floodway | |||||
| 2.4– 2.8 | 1.5– 1.7 | Interchange; east end of PR 204 concurrency | |||||
Kirkness | 6.0– 6.8 | 3.7– 4.2 | Interchange | |||||
| 8.6 | 5.3 | ||||||
Highland Glen | 13.5 | 8.4 | ||||||
Brokenhead | Tyndall–Garson | 18.5 | 11.5 | Gillis Street | Former PR 306 | |||
| 23.4 | 14.5 | West end of PTH 12 concurrency | |||||
Town of Beausejour | 31.6 | 19.6 | First Street | Former PTH 4B | ||||
33.2 | 20.6 | PTH 44 branches south; East end of PTH 12 concurrency | ||||||
34.9 | 21.7 | PTH 44 branches east; former PTH 4B | ||||||
Brokenhead |
No major junctions | |||||||
↑ / ↓ | | 44.6 | 27.7 | Road 48E | Former PR 316 north | |||
Lac du Bonnet / Reynolds | Seddons Corner | 49.6 | 30.8 | Former PTH 11 | ||||
Whitemouth | | 65.2 | 40.5 | PTH 44 turns southeast; west end of PTH 11 concurrency | ||||
| 75.0 | 46.6 | ||||||
| 81.7 | 50.8 | PTH 11 / PTH 44 turns east | |||||
| 85.2 | 52.9 | East end of PTH 11 concurrency | |||||
Reynolds | | 115.0 | 71.5 | Enters Whiteshell Provincial Park | ||||
| 115.9 | 72.0 | La Vérendrye Trail branches west on PR 307 | |||||
No. 1 | | 141.3 | 87.8 | PTH 44 turns south before PR 312 junction | ||||
| 146.4 | 91.0 | ||||||
West Hawk Lake | 147.2 | 91.5 | unnamed road | Former PTH 1; PTH 44 turns south | ||||
| 148.7 | 92.4 | Interchange; PTH 44 and La Vérendrye Trail eastern terminus | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1956". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
- "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1959". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
- "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1968". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.