Manitoba Highway 16

Provincial Trunk Highway 16 (PTH 16) is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is the Manitoba section of the Yellowhead Highway, and also the Trans-Canada Highway Yellowhead section. The main purpose of this highway is to connect Winnipeg with other Canadian cities such as Saskatoon and Edmonton. The highway runs from Bloom at an intersection with the Trans-Canada Highway and Provincial Road 305 10 km west of Portage la Prairie to the Saskatchewan boundary 16 km west of Russell, where it continues as Saskatchewan Highway 16.

Provincial Trunk Highway 16
Trans-Canada Highway Yellowhead Highway
PTH 16 highlighted in red.
Route information
Maintained by Manitoba Infrastructure
Length	266.5 km[1] (165.6 mi)
Existed	1928–present
Major junctions
West end	Saskatchewan border near Harrowby continues west as Hwy 16 (TCH) toward Yorkton and Saskatoon
	PTH 83 at Russell PTH 45 near Russell PTH 41 near Binscarth PTH 83 near Foxwarren PTH 42 at Shoal Lake PTH 21 at Shoal Lake PTH 10 near Minnedosa PTH 5 at Neepawa PTH 34 at Gladstone PTH 50 near Westbourne
East end	PTH 1 (TCH) near Portage la Prairie
Location
Rural municipalities	Ellice – Archie Glenella – Lansdowne Harrison Park Minto – Odanah North Cypress – Langford Oakview Portage la Prairie Prairie View Russell – Binscarth WestLake – Gladstone Yellowhead
Towns	Minnedosa Neepawa
Highway system
Manitoba provincial highways Winnipeg City Routes ← PTH 15 → PTH 16A

The highway is two lanes through Manitoba, with two small divided sections at the north and south junctions with PTH 10 around Minnedosa, which it runs in concurrence with just west of the town. Twinning and upgrading to expressway status is being planned in the future.

Alternate routes

• Minnedosa - Highway 16A

History

The route was known as PTH 4 until 1977, when it was renumbered to allow the entire length of the Yellowhead Highway to retain the number 16 designation across all four provinces of western Canada.

Between 1966 and 1979, PTH 16 was the designation of the route connecting Fisher Branch to PTH 7 near Fraserwood.[2] This route became part of PR 231 and PR 228 in 1977. (This section of PR 228 would be transferred to PTH 17 in 1983).

The highway has had some reconfigurations in its time. When the highway first appeared on the 1928 Manitoba Highway Map,[3] the highway's eastern terminus with PTH 1 was located in Portage la Prairie. From Portage la Prairie, the road traveled north following the current PR 240 to Mile 71N (formerly PR 249). The highway would then turn west and rejoin its current configuration just south of Macdonald.[4] The junction was moved to its current location in 1950,[5] and the old section was designated as PTH 4A between 1953 and 1965.[6]

In the Minnedosa area, the section of highway from PTH 16A and PR 262 to Franklin Road (formerly PR 466 north) was constructed and opened to traffic in 1948. Prior to this, the highway turned north for two kilometres and then west past the hamlet of Franklin to Minnedosa, meeting PTH 10 south at the town limits. It then shared the highway to a point three kilometres north of its current junction with PTH 10 north at what is now the turnoff to the Ski Valley Recreation Area. PTH 4 would then turn west and rejoin the current configuration just east of Basswood.[7] The current section of PTH 16 between its current northbound/westbound junction with PTH 10 and Basswood was constructed and opened to traffic in 1953.[8]

After these reconfigurations, PTH 4 met southbound PTH 10 two kilometres south of Minnedosa and then shared the highway through the town along what is now PTH 16A to its current northbound/westbound junction. The highway was extended two kilometres farther west in 1971 to its current junction with southbound PTH 10 with the construction of the Minnedosa bypass.[9]

The current section between Shoal Lake and the southbound junction of PTH 83 was constructed and opened to traffic in 1958. Prior to this, PTH 4 would meet PTH 21 in Shoal Lake (northbound PTH 21 ended at this point). The highway would continue west along what is now PTH 42 to meet PTH 83 south at Birtle. The two highways would then run in concurrence from Birtle to the current junction seven kilometres east of Foxwarren, where it would then rejoin its current configuration.[10] Prior to 1990, PTH 16 used to be cosigned with PTH 1 between its junction west of Portage La Prairie and Winnipeg;[11] however, when PTH 16 was incorporated as part of the Trans-Canada Highway, the PTH 16 designation was dropped in favour of the current unnumbered Yellowhead Highway designation.[12]

Major intersections

Division	Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Russell – Binscarth	​	0.0	0.0	Saskatchewan boundary Hwy 16 (TCH) continues west towards Yorkton and Saskatoon
	​	5.2	3.2	Crosses the Assiniboine River
	Russell	15.6	9.7	PTH 83 north – Roblin	West end of PTH 83 overlap
		16.6	10.3	PTH 45 east – Rossburn
	​	19.9	12.4	PR 579 west
	​	23.1	14.4	Road 116 N	Former PR 479 east
	Binscarth	33.0	20.5	PR 478 – Esterhazy
	​	35.0	21.7	PTH 41 south – St. Lazare
Ellice – Archie / Russell – Binscarth	​	36.5	22.7	PR 359 east
Prairie View	Foxwarren	48.0	29.8	PR 475 west
	​	54.5	33.9	PTH 83 south – Birtle	East end of PTH 83 overlap
	​	57.8	35.9	PR 476 north – Angusville
	​	65.7	40.8	PR 472 south – Solsgirth	Former PR 474 south
	​	74.4	46.2	PR 264 north – Rossburn	West end of PR 264 overlap; former PR 254 north
Yellowhead	​	77.7	48.3	PR 264 south – Decker	East end of PR 264 overlap; former PR 254 south
	​	81.1	50.4	Road 141 W – Vista	Former PR 472 north
	Shoal Lake	89.8	55.8	PTH 42 west – Shoal Lake, Birtle
		91.3	56.7	PTH 21 – Shoal Lake, Oakburn, Hamiota
	​	98.7	61.3	Menzie Road / Green Bluff Road (Road 131 W)	Former PR 470
	Strathclair	106.7	66.3	PR 354 south – Strathclair, Oak River	West end of PR 354 overlap
	​	109.7	68.2	PR 354 north – Elphinstone	East end of PR 354 overlap
Harrison Park	Newdale	120.4	74.8	PR 250 south – Rivers	West end of PR 250 overlap
	​	122.0	75.8	PR 250 north – Sandy Lake, Newdale	East end of PR 250 overlap
	​	123.3	76.6	Road 91 N	Former PR 473 east
Oakview	​	135.4	84.1	PR 270 to PTH 45 – Rapid City	Former PTH 27 south
Minto – Odanah	​	147.9	91.9	PTH 10 north – Riding Mountain Park, Dauphin PTH 16A east – Minnedosa	PTH 16 branches south; west end of PTH 10 overlap
Town of Minnedosa		150.5	93.5	PR 355 – Minnedosa, Cardale
Minto – Odanah	​	154.0	95.7	PTH 10 south – Brandon	PTH 16 branches east; east end of PTH 10 overlap
	​	156.0	96.9	PTH 16A north / PR 262 – Minnedosa
	​	164.4	102.2	PR 466 south
North Cypress – Langford	​	166.0	103.1	Franklin Road (Road 96 W) – Franklin	Former PR 466 north
	​	172.5	107.2	PR 464 south – Brookdale
Town of Neepawa		179.0	111.2	PTH 5 north – Dauphin	West end of PTH 5 overlap
		180.4	112.1	PTH 5 south – Carberry	East end of PTH 5 overlap; former PR 258 south
Glenella – Lansdowne	​	195.6– 195.8	121.5– 121.7	PR 352 – Sidney, Arden	Intersections offset; 200 m (660 ft) PR 352 overlap
WestLake – Gladstone	​	207.5	128.9	PR 260 north – Plumas
	Gladstone	217.0	134.8	PTH 34 south – Gladstone, Austin	Former PR 460 north
	​	229.5	142.6	PR 350 south – Katrime
	​	238.3	148.1	PTH 50 north – Langruth, Amaranth
	Westbourne	245.7	152.7	PR 242 – Westbourne, Lynchs Point, Bagot
	​	248.0	154.1	PR 242 north – Lynchs Point
Portage la Prairie	​	249.8	155.2	PR 227 east – Warren
	​	258.3	160.5	Road 71 N – Poplar Point	Former PR 249 east
	​	266.5	165.6	PTH 1 (TCH) – Winnipeg, Portage la Prairie, Brandon PR 305 south – St. Claude	PTH 16 eastern terminus; interchange proposed[13]
				Yellowhead Route follows PTH 1 east
	​	274.1	170.3	PTH 1A (TCH) east (City Route) – Portage la Prairie	Interchange
City of Portage la Prairie		281.9	175.2	PR 240 – Southport, St. Claude	Interchange
Portage la Prairie	​	285.9	177.7	PTH 1A (TCH) west (City Route) – Portage la Prairie	Interchange; no eastbound exit
	​	287.1	178.4	PTH 26 east – Poplar Point
Cartier	​	339.1	210.7	PTH 26 west – St. Francois Xavier
City of Winnipeg		352.2	218.8	Perimeter Highway (PTH 100 south / PTH 101 north) – Kenora	Interchange; signed as exits 318A (east) and 318B (north).
				West end of Portage Avenue (Route 85) • PTH 1 (TCH) / Yellowhead Route continues.
		356.9	221.8	Moray Street (Route 96 south)
		361.2	224.4	Route 90 (Kenaston Boulevard / Century Street) – Airport	Interchange; no direct eastbound exit to Route 90 north (signed via Empress Street).
		364.2	226.3	Broadway (PTH 1 (TCH) east)	East end of PTH 1 overlap; no eastbound entrance from Portage Avenue
		364.4– 364.5	226.4– 226.5	Maryland Street (south) / Sherbrook Street (north) (Route 70)	Parallel one-way streets
		365.8– 365.9	227.3– 227.4	Donald Street (south) / Smith Street (north) (Route 42)	Parallel one-way streets
		366.2	227.5	Main Street (Route 52)	see Portage and Main Mile Zero Yellowhead Highway[14]
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Closed/former       Concurrency terminus

References

1. Google (February 27, 2018). "PTH 16 in Manitoba" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
2. Infrastructure and Transportation. The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map (Map) (1968 ed.). Province of Manitoba. §§ E-4, F-4.
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4. Infrastructure and Transportation. The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map (Map) (1947-1948 ed.). Province of Manitoba.
5. Infrastructure and Transportation. The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map (Map) (1950 ed.). Province of Manitoba.
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7. Infrastructure and Transportation. The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map (Map) (1948-1949 ed.). Province of Manitoba.
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11. Infrastructure and Transportation. The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map (Map) (1989-1990 ed.). Province of Manitoba. §§ L-9, M-9.
12. Infrastructure and Transportation. The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map (Map) (1990-1991 ed.). Province of Manitoba. §§ L-9, M-9.
13. Manitoba’s Highway Renewal Plan 2011-2015 (PDF). Government of Manitoba (Report). pp. 12–13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
14. "Manitoba > PTH 16". Curtis Walker's Road Photos. Retrieved 27 July 2016.