Manitoba Highway 19

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Manitoba Highway 19.svg

Provincial Trunk Highway 19

Route information
Maintained by Manitoba Infrastructure
Length34 km (21 mi)
Existed1947–present
Major junctions
West endManitoba Highway 10.svg PTH 10 in Riding Mountain National Park
East endManitoba Highway 5.svg PTH 5 near Norgate
Location
Country Canada
Province Manitoba
Rural municipalities McCreary
Highway system
Manitoba Highway 18.svg PTH 18 Manitoba Highway 20.svg PTH 20

Provincial Trunk Highway 19 (PTH 19) is a short east-west provincial highway in the west-central region of the Canadian province of Manitoba. It runs from PTH 5 near Norgate to PTH 10 near Wasagaming. Most of the road is situated within Riding Mountain National Park [1] [2]

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Route description

Riding Mountain East Gate on PTH 19 RidingMountain 4.jpg
Riding Mountain East Gate on PTH 19

As of 2018, PTH 19 is the only provincial trunk highway in Manitoba in which the entire length of the route is unpaved. The route travels within Riding Mountain National Park, with the exception of 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) between PTH 5 and the park's eastern gate. The highway is closed to heavy truck traffic inside the park during the winter months. [3]

PTH 19 provides access to campgrounds and hiking trails along Lake Katherine and Whirlpool Lake on the east side of the park, as well as access to the trailhead to Grey Owl's Cabin.

The speed limit on this highway is 90 km/h between PTH 5 and the East Entrance, and 60 km/h within the park limits.

History

PTH 19 was designated in 1928 from Killarney to Wawanesa. In 1929, this became part of PTH 18. The current route for PTH 19 was designated in 1947.

Major intersections

DivisionLocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
No. 17 Riding Mountain National Park 00.0Manitoba Highway 10.svg PTH 10  Wasagaming, Dauphin Western terminus
McCreary 3421Manitoba Highway 5.svg PTH 5 (Parks Route) McCreary, Neepawa Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

Template:Attached KML/Manitoba Highway 19
KML is from Wikidata
  1. Manitoba Highways - PTH 2-49 Archived 2008-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Government of Manitoba. "Official highway map of Manitoba section #1" (PDF). Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  3. "Manitoba Highway Conditions | Province of Manitoba". web20.gov.mb.ca. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2022.