Manitoba Highway 34

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Provincial Trunk Highway 34
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Highway 34
Route information
Maintained by Department of Infrastructure
Length142 km (88 mi)
Existed1955–present
Major junctions
South endND-20 (2015).svg ND 20 (Sarles–Crystal City Border Crossing)
Major intersections
North endManitoba Highway 16.svgYellowhead Blank.svg PTH 16 (TCH)  / YH at Gladstone
Location
Country Canada
Province Manitoba
Rural municipalities
Highway system
Manitoba Highway 32.svg PTH 32 Manitoba Highway 39.svg PTH 39

Provincial Trunk Highway 34 (PTH 34) is a provincial primary highway located in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It runs from the U.S. border (where it meets with ND 20) to PTH 16 (Yellowhead Highway) at the town of Gladstone.

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PTH 34 is two lanes and runs north-south in the south-central region of the province. It is the main highway for the towns of Crystal City, Pilot Mound, and Holland. While the village of Austin is actually located 1 km east of the highway along PTH 1, the highway itself provides access to Austin's Agricultural Museum, which hosts the annual Thresherman's Reunion and Stampede each July. [1]

The speed limit is 90 km/h (55 mph).

Route description

PTH 34 begins in the Municipality of Louise at the North Dakota border, with the road continuing south towards Sarles, Calvin, and Devils Lake as North Dakota Highway 20 (ND 20). It heads north through rural farmland for a few kilometres, crossing Cypress Creek and becoming concurrent (overlapped) with PTH 3 (Boundary Commission Trail) to travel through the town of Crystal City, where they cross Crystal Creek and junction with PTH 3A and PR 423. The highway travels along the eastern edge of town before curving northeast to leave Crystal City and enter the town of Pilot Mound a few kilometres later. The road travels along the eastern edge, and mostly bypasses, the town, having an intersection with PR 253 here. They leave Pilot Mound and come to a T-intersection, with PTH 3 and the Boundary Commission Trail continue straight towards Morden, and PTH 34 turning due northward to enter the Rural Municipality of Lorne.

PTH 34 crosses the Pembina River at the eastern edge of Swan Lake to enter the Swan Lake First Nation, where it junctions with PTH 23. It leaves the reserve and heads through rural farmland for several kilometres, having a short concurrency with PR 245 near Bruxelles before going through a switchback to enter the Rural Municipality of Victoria. The travels along the eastern edge of the town of Holland, where it has intersections with PR 449 and PTH 2 (Red Coat Trail), before crossing the Assiniboine River and winding its way through wooded areas to enter the Municipality of North Norfolk.

PTH 34 re-enters farmland and travels through Pratt, having an intersection with PR 352, and winding it way north to pass along the western side of Austin, where it crosses a railroad track and PTH 1 (Trans-Canada Highway). The highway heads north through rural farmland for several kilometres, crossing into the Rural Municipality of WestLake – Gladstone near Pine Creek Station.

PTH 34 crosses Pine Creek and heads through rural areas for a few kilometres, passing by Gladstone Aerodrome and crossing over another creek before entering the town of Gladstone, where it comes to an end at an intersection with PTH 16 (Yellowhead Highway) on the south side of town. The road continues north as Morris Avenue into downtown. [2] [3]

The entire length of Highway 34 is a rural, paved, two-lane highway.

History

PTH 34 first appeared on the 1955 Manitoba Highway Map. [4] When it was first added, the highway was a much shorter route between Gladstone and Holland, with the southern terminus located at PTH 2. The highway's southern terminus was extended to PTH 23 in 1957, [5] and then to PTH 3 the following year. [6]

The section between PTH 3 and the US border was originally designated as PTH 17. This southernmost portion was redesignated to PTH 34 in 1964. [7]

When the highway was initially added, it was originally slated to end at PTH 3 in the south and PTH 4 (now PTH 16) in the north. As a result, the highway was designated as PTH 34 to reflect this configuration.[ citation needed ]

Major intersections

DivisionLocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Louise 00.0South plate.svg
ND-20 (2015).svg
ND 20 south Calvin, Devils Lake, Jamestown
Continuation into North Dakota
Canada–United States border at the Sarles–Crystal City Border Crossing
53.1Mile 3NFormer PR 201 east
106.2Manitoba Highway 3.svg PTH 3 west Killarney South end of PTH 3 concurrency
159.3Manitoba Highway 3A.svgManitoba secondary 423.svg PTH 3A west / PR 423 east Clearwater
Crystal City 1711
Pilot Mound 2415Manitoba secondary 253.svg PR 253 west Glenora
2918Manitoba Highway 3.svg PTH 3 east Morden North end of PTH 3 concurency
Lorne Swan Lake First Nation 4830Manitoba Highway 23.svg PTH 23  Ninette, Swan Lake
5836Manitoba secondary 245.svg PR 245 west Bruxelles South end of PR 245 concurrency
6339Manitoba secondary 245.svg PR 245 east Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Roseisle, Carman North end of PR 245 east concurrency
Victoria 7043Manitoba secondary 449.svg PR 449 east Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes
Holland 7245Manitoba Highway 2.svg PTH 2  Souris, Elm Creek
8553Crosses over Assiniboine River
8955Ladysmith RoadFormer PR 350 north
Victoria  North Norfolk boundary9660Mile 55NFormer PR 461 east
North Norfolk 10062Manitoba secondary 352.svg PR 352 north Sidney
Austin 11370Manitoba Highway 1.svg PTH 1 (TCH)  Brandon, Winnipeg
12376Mile 70NFormer PR 353 west
WestLake – Gladstone Gladstone 14288Manitoba Highway 16.svgYellowhead Blank.svg PTH 16 (TCH)  / YH  Neepawa, Portage la Prairie PTH 34 northern terminus; continues north as Morris Avenue (former PR 460 north)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

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  1. "Manitoba Thresherman's Reunion and Stampede". Manitoba Agricultural Museum. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. "Map of Manitoba Highway 34" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  3. Government of Manitoba. "Official Highway Map of Manitoba section #2" (PDF). Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  4. Manitoba Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. 1955. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  5. Manitoba Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. 1957. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  6. Manitoba Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. 1958. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  7. Manitoba Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. 1964. Retrieved 6 March 2015.