Manitoba Highway 5

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Provincial Trunk Highway 5

Northern Woods and Water Route (section) Northern Cypress Trail (section)
Route information
Maintained by Manitoba Infrastructure
Length401 km (249 mi)
Existed1928–present
Major junctions
South end ND 4 at the Hansboro–Cartwright Border Crossing
Major intersections
West end Hwy 10 west of Roblin
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceManitoba
Rural municipalities
Major citiesDauphin
Towns
Highway system
PTH 4 PTH 6

Provincial Trunk Highway 5 (PTH 5) is a provincial primary highway located in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

The highway starts at the Hansboro–Cartwright Border Crossing on the Canada–United States border and ends at the Saskatchewan boundary 13.6 kilometers (8.5 mi) west of Roblin. Besides Roblin, it passes through the communities of Cartwright, Glenboro, Carberry, Neepawa, McCreary, Ste. Rose Du Lac, Grandview, and Gilbert Plains along its route.

The highway, in a section concurrent with PTH 10, bypasses the City of Dauphin. (PTH 5A / 10A does run through Dauphin.)

The segment of PTH 5 between PTH 10 and Ste. Rose Du Lac is part of the Northern Woods and Water Route. Further south, PTH 5 is also the main route through Spruce Woods Provincial Park between Glenboro and Carberry.

PTH 5, along with PTH 20 and PTH 50, has the distinction of being both a north-south and an east-west highway, though PTH 20 is officially designated north-south for its entire route. From the Canada–United States border to PTH 68 east of Ste. Rose du Lac, PTH 5 is designated as a north-south highway. From PTH 68 to the Saskatchewan border, its designation changes to east-west.

Route description

PTH 5 begins at the United States Hansboro-Cartwright Border Crossing, with the road continuing south into Towner County, North Dakota as North Dakota Highway 4 (ND 4). The highway heads north into the Cartwright - Roblin Municipality, traveling along the flat farmland of the prairies to cross a creek and pass through the town of Cartwright, where it junctions with PTH 3 (Boundary Commission Trail). It leaves Cartwright and makes a short, gradual jog to the northeast, where it crosses Badger Creek, before curving due northward again to cross a wooded valley and crosses the Pembina River just west of Rock Lake.

PTH 5 crosses into the Rural Municipality of Argyle in Neelin, climbing out of the valley back into farmland and going through a switch back, immediately having a short concurrency (overlap) with PR 253. The highway heads due north to cross a couple of creeks and have an intersection with PTH 23 near Baldur. It has an intersection with a former section of PR 245 (which leads several kilometers east to Bruxelles) before entering the Municipality of Glenboro - South Cypress in the middle of a switchback.

PTH 5 travels through the town of Glenboro, where it has an intersection with PTH 2 (Red Coat Trail), before winding its way through the woodlands of Spruce Woods Provincial Park for the next several kilometers, where it crosses the Assiniboine River before entering the Municipality of North Cypress - Langford. The highway passes through the town of Carberry, mostly bypassing it along its eastern side as it has an intersection with PR 351 (former PTH 1 / TCH). It leaves Carberry and has an intersection with PTH 1 / Trans-Canada Highway (TCH) before going through a switchback near Wellwood and having an intersection with PR 353. The highway crosses a couple of creeks before traveling just west of Lake Irwin and entering the town of Neepawa. PTH 5 becomes concurrent with PTH 16 (TCH / Yellowhead Highway), at an intersection with along the banks of the Whitemud River, and they head west through neighborhoods along Main Street. They travel along the southern edge of downtown (around the intersection with Mountain Avenue) before passing through more neighborhoods, with PTH 5 breaking off and heading north at the western edge of town, leaving Neepawa and entering the Rural Municipality of Rosedale.

PTH 5 continues nearly due northward for approximately 100 kilometers (62 mi), having an intersection with PR 471 before passing through Eden, where it shares a short concurrency with PR 265. For the next 50 kilometers, PTH 5 travels parallel to the eastern boundary of Riding Mountain National Park. The highway has intersections with PR 357 and PR 352, where it crosses a creek, before passing through the hamlet of Riding Mountain. It has an intersection with PR 261 before traveling just west of Kelwood and crossing into the Municipality of McCreary.[1]

PTH 5 has intersections with PTH 19 and PR 462 before passing through the town of McCreary, which it bypasses along its western side to have an intersection with PTH 50 and PR 361. It enters the Municipality of Ste. Rose and has an intersection with PR 480 near Laurier. The highway shares a concurrency with PR 360 before entering the town of Ste. Rose du Lac and immediately having an intersection with PTH 68 in the middle of a sharp curve, where PTH 5 switches cardinal directions from north-south to east-west. PTH 5 bypasses downtown to the south, where it has an intersection with PR 276 and crosses a river, before beginning to parallel the southern shore of Dauphin Lake as it crosses into the Rural Municipality of Lakeshore.

PTH 5 heads west to have another intersection with PR 480 before passing just to the south of Ochre River, where it has an intersection with PTH 20 and PR 582, before crossing the Ochre River and entering the Rural Municipality of Dauphin. The highway leaves Dauphin Lake, becoming concurrent with PTH 10 and the two head north to pass by Lt. Col W.G. (Billy) Barker VC Airport before crossing Edwards Creek and bypassing the city of Dauphin along its southern and western sides, having intersections with PTH 5A / PTH 10A. They have an intersection with PR 274 before crossing into the Gilbert Plains Municipality.

PTH 10 splits off and heads north at a creek crossing near Ashville, with PTH 5 heading west, crossing the Wilson River and traveling through the town of Gilbert Plains, where it has another intersection PR 274. It crosses into the Grandview Municipality and travels up a valley between Duck Mountain Provincial Park and Riding Mountain National Park, where it passes through the town of Grandview, where it has an intersection with PR 366 and crosses the Valley River. PTH 5 travels through the Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve as it crosses into the Municipality of Roblin.

PTH 5 has intersections with PR 583, 584, and 591 before traveling straight through the center of the town of Roblin, where it shares an extremely short concurrency with PTH 83. The highway has an intersection with PR 484 before climbing across the Assiniboine River valley (now occupied by the Lake of the Prairies) and crossing the border into Saskatchewan at the intersection with PR 482. The highway continues west as Saskatchewan Highway 10 (Hwy 10) towards Yorkton.[2]

The entire length of Manitoba Provincial Trunk Highway 5 is a rural, two-lane, paved highway.[3]

History

Prior to 1980, the southern terminus for PTH 5 was at PTH 16 (PTH 4 prior to 1977) in Neepawa, making the original length of the highway 246 kilometers (153 mi).[4]

In 1980, the highway was extended to its current southbound terminus, replacing PR 258 between Neepawa and PTH 3 at Cartwright, via Glenboro and Carberry, and PTH 28 between the U.S. border and Cartwright.[5]

The section between PTH 20 and PTH 10 south of Dauphin was completed and opened to traffic in 1959. Prior to this, PTH 5 turned north at Ochre River and entered Dauphin from the east along what is now PTH 20 and PTH 20A. PTH 5 met PTH 10 south in Dauphin's city centre, from which the two highways continued out of the city in concurrence following the current PTH 5A/10A route (2nd Avenue N.W. / Buchanon Ave.).[6]

Major intersections

DivisionLocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Cartwright – Roblin00.0Canada–United States border at Hansboro–Cartwright Border Crossing
ND 4 continues into North Dakota towards Hansboro and Jamestown
Cartwright106.2 PTH 3 – Killarney, Pilot Mound
Argyle2415Road 14 NorthFormer PR 541 east
3220 PR 253 east – GlenoraSouth end of PR 253 overlap
3421 PR 253 west – Pleasant ValleyNorth end of PR 253 overlap
4729 PTH 23 – Ninette, Baldur, Swan Lake
6037Road 34 North – BruxellesFormer PR 245 east
Glenboro – South CypressGlenboro7043 PTH 2 – Souris, Holland
Town of Carberry10867 PR 351Former PTH 1
North Cypress – Langford11169 PTH 1 (TCH) – Brandon, Portage la Prairie, Winnipeg
12578Road 70 North – Wellwoodformer PR 353 east
13483 PR 353 west – Brookdale
14288Road 75 Northformer PR 465 west
Town of Neepawa15496 PTH 16 (TCH) east – Portage la PrairieSouth end of PTH 16 overlap
15596 PTH 16 (TCH) west – MinnedosaNorth end of PTH 16 overlap
Rosedale167104 PR 471 west – Clanwilliam
Eden172107 PR 265 west – PoloniaSouth end of PR 265 overlap
174108 PR 265 east – PlumasNorth end of PR 265 overlap
179111 PR 357 west – Mountain Road
181112 PR 352 south – Birnie
194121 PR 261 east – Glenella
McCreary207129 PTH 19 west – Riding Mountain Park
212132 PR 462 south
McCreary217135 PTH 50 east – Alonsa
PR 361 west – Mount Agassiz
Ste. Rose230140 PR 360 north / PR 480 west – Laurier
241150 PR 360 south – Ste. AmélieFormer PR 581 east
Ste. Rose du Lac247153 PTH 68 east (NWRR) – EriksdaleFormer PR 235 east; east end of NWRR;
directional signage changes between north-south and east-west
248154 PR 276 north – Ste. Rose du Lac
Lakeshore258160 PR 480 south – Makinak
Ochre River264164 PTH 20 north (NWRR) – Winnipegosis
PR 582 south
West end of NWRR
Dauphin284176 PTH 10 south – Riding Mountain National Park, BrandonEast end of PTH 10 overlap
288179 PTH 5A west / PTH 10A north – DauphinEast end of Dauphin Bypass
294183 PTH 5A east / PTH 10A south – DauphinWest end of Dauphin Bypass
302188 PR 274 south – Keld
Gilbert PlainsAshville310190 PTH 10 north – Swan RiverWest end of PTH 10 overlap
Gilbert Plains324201 PR 274 – Keld, Venlaw
GrandviewGrandview339211 PR 366 – Duck Mountain Provincial Park
Roblin363226 PR 584 – Petlura, Shortdale
376234 PR 583 west
379235 PR 591 north
Roblin386240 PTH 83 north – Swan RiverEast end of PTH 83 overlap
386240 PTH 83 south – RussellWest end of PTH 83 overlap
393244 PR 484 north
401249 PR 482 south – Asessippi Provincial Park, Shellmouth
401249Saskatchewan border
Continues as Hwy 10 west – Yorkton, Melville, Regina
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ Government of Manitoba. "Official Highway map #1" (PDF). Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  2. ^ Government of Manitoba. "Official Highway map #4" (PDF). Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  3. ^ Google (December 21, 2022). "Map of Manitoba Provincial Trunk Highway 5" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  4. ^ "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map 1964". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
  5. ^ "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map 1979/80". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
  6. ^ "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map 1958". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.

External links

  • Official Name and Location - Declaration of Provincial Trunk Highways Regulation - The Highways and Transportation Act - Provincial Government of Manitoba
  • Official Highway Map - Published and maintained by the Department of Infrastructure - Provincial Government of Manitoba (see Legend and Map#1 & 2)
  • Google Maps Search - Provincial Trunk Highway 5