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.[4]
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
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).[5]
The entire length of Provincial Trunk Highway 2 is a rural, two-lane highway travelling through the relatively flat prairies of southern Manitoba.[6]
History
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.
Provincial Road 530 (PR 530) is a 7.3-kilometre-long (4.5mi) 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.[7] 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.[4][8]
Former northern terminus prior to 2011; former PR 340 followed Norfolk Street (originally PR 451 prior to 1989) to meet its current alignment
1.000mi = 1.609km; 1.000km = 0.621mi
Closed/former
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Highway 13 at Saskatchewan border near Sinclair 
PTH 100 (TCH) near Oak Bluff
