Manitoba Highway 3A

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Provincial Trunk Highway 3A

Route information
Auxiliary route of PTH 3
Maintained by Manitoba Infrastructure
Length11.2 km (7.0 mi)
Existed1960–present
Major junctions
West endManitoba Highway 3.svg PTH 3 east of Mather
Major intersectionsManitoba secondary 342.svg PR 342 in Clearwater
East endManitoba Highway 3.svgManitoba Highway 34.svgManitoba secondary 423.svg PTH 3  / PTH 34  / PR 423 in Crystal City
Location
Country Canada
Province Manitoba
Rural municipalities Louise
Highway system
Manitoba Highway 3.svg PTH 3 Manitoba Highway 4.svg PTH 4

Provincial Trunk Highway 3A (PTH 3A) is a provincial primary highway located in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It runs from PTH 3 to the same route concurrent with PTH 34. The highway continues as PR 423 from its eastern terminus.

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The highway serves as a direct connection to the town of Clearwater, and also is a shortcut. The speed limit is 90 km/h (55 mph).

Route description

PTH 3A begins at an intersection with PTH 3 (Boundary Commission Trail) in a rural part of the Municipality of Louise. It heads north through the flat farmland of the prairies to cross a bridge over Cypress Creek (closed since 2016) and pass along the eastern edge of Clearwater, where it has an intersection with PR 342 and makes a sharp curve to the east. The highway begins paralleling a former railroad line as it travels along the southern edge of Crystal City, where it comes to an end at an intersection with PTH 3 / PTH 34 (Boundary Commission Trail). The road continues east as gravel PR 423. [1]

The entire length of Manitoba Provincial Trunk Highway 3A is a paved, rural, two-lane highway, located entirely in the Municipality of Louise. [2]

Bridge closure

Since 2016, PTH 3A has been split into two segments, both meeting a dead end at Cypress Creek. This due to the bridge across the creek being closed by the province due to safety concerns. The bridge was a concrete version of a Bowstring arch truss, originally built between 1919 and 1920 by the Winnipeg construction firm of Alex Gall and Company. Its original cost was $13,700. In deteriorating condition, the bridge was closed to vehicular traffic in 2016 and was demolished in spring 2018. [3]

Major intersections

DivisionLocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Municipality of Louise 0.00.0Manitoba Highway 3.svg PTH 3 (Boundary Commission Trail) Pilot Mound, Killarney Western terminus
4.12.5Former Concrete Bowstring Arch bridge over Cypress Creek (closed since 2016)
Clearwater 4.32.7Manitoba secondary 342.svg PR 342 north Clearwater Southern terminus of PR 342
Crystal City 10.76.6Broadway Street Crystal City
11.27.0Manitoba Highway 3.svgManitoba Highway 34.svg PTH 3  / PTH 34 (Boundary Commission Trail) Killarney, Pilot Mound
Manitoba secondary 423.svg PR 423 east
Eastern terminus; western terminus of PR 423
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Closed/former

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References

  1. Government of Manitoba. "Manitoba Highway map #2" (PDF). Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  2. Google (December 19, 2022). "Map of Manitoba Provincial Trunk Highway 3A" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  3. Manitoba Historical Society (November 28, 2019). "Historic Sites of Manitoba: Concrete Bowstring Arch Bridge (Cypress Creek, Clearwater, Municipality of Louise)" . Retrieved December 19, 2022.
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