Manitoba Highway 44

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Provincial Trunk Highway 44

Historic Highway No. 1
Lockport Rd
Route information
Maintained by Department of Infrastructure
Length149 km (93 mi)
Existed1968–present
Major junctions
West endManitoba Highway 9.svg PTH 9 at Lockport
Major intersectionsManitoba Highway 59.svg PTH 59 at Kirkness
Manitoba Highway 12.svg PTH 12 at Beausejour
Manitoba Highway 11.svg PTH 11 near Whitemouth
East endManitoba Highway 1.svg PTH 1 (TCH) near West Hawk Lake
Location
Country Canada
Province Manitoba
Rural municipalities
Towns Beausejour
Highway system
Manitoba Highway 42.svg PTH 42 Manitoba Highway 45.svg PTH 45

Provincial Trunk Highway 44 (PTH 44) is an east-west provincial highway in the Eastman Region of the Canadian province of Manitoba.

Contents

It begins at Highway 9 near Lockport, north of Winnipeg. The highway travels east through Beausejour before heading southeast in concurrency with Highway 11 for approximately 20 kilometres (12 miles) and then continues southeast through Whiteshell Provincial Park. PTH 44 ends at the Trans-Canada Highway near the Ontario boundary. It is a substandard highway through Whiteshell Park, more comparable to a Provincial Road with little to no shoulder and an uneven driving surface. [1] The speed limit along Highway 44 is 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph) outside Whiteshell Park and between 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph) and 90 kilometres per hour (56 mph) within the park.

Route description

PTH 44 begins in the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews at an intersection with PTH 9 in Lockport, with the road heading southeast as a two-lane highway through neighborhoods to have an intersection with PR 238 (River Road) and cross the Red River via the St. Andrews Caméré Curtain Bridge Dam. The highway enters the Rural Municipality of St. Clements, passing by Lockport Provincial Park and several businesses, where it has a short concurrency (overlap) with PR 204 (Henderson Highway) as it crosses the Red River Floodway to leave Lockport. After PR 204 splits off at an interchange, PTH 44 heads east to pass through Kirkness, where it has an interchange with PTH 59 and widens to a four lane divided highway. It has an intersection with PR 206 just prior to traveling through Highland Glen, where it junctions with PR 212.

PTH 44 enters the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead as it travels through Garson and Tyndall, becoming concurrent with PTH 12 and the two run along the northern edge of the town of Beausejour, where PTH 44 splits off and heads south as a two-lane. PTH 44 runs along the eastern edge of town before heading east at an intersection with Park Avenue and PR 302. It leaves Beausejour, traveling across the Brokenhead River and past the communities of St. Ouens and Golden Bay to start straddling the border between the Rural Municipalities of Lac du Bonnet and Reynolds for the next several kilometers.

PTH 44 travels through woodlands, passing by Molson and Seddons Corner (where it has an intersection with PR 214), before entering the Rural Municipality of Whitemouth at Seigs Corner. The highway begins a concurrency with PTH 11 here and the two head southeast along the banks of the Whitemouth River for several kilometers, having an intersection with PR 408 before passing straight through the town of Whitemouth. PTH 11 / 44 junction with PR 406 just prior to crossing the Whitemouth River, with PTH 11 splitting and heading south towards Elma a short distance later.

The highway enters the Rural Municipality of Reynolds and begins traveling through remote woodlands for the next several kilometers. PTH 44 travels through the community of Rennie before entering Whiteshell Province Park, with the road becoming narrow and windy for the next 31 kilometres (19 mi) after an intersection with PR 307. It joins the La Vérendrye Trail here, traveling through remote sections of the park, junctioning with PR 312 as it goes around the western side of West Hawk Lake. PTH 44 travels through the community of West Hawk Lake, where the highway make a sharp right before coming to an end at an interchange with PTH 1 (Trans-Canada Highway). [2] [3] [4]

History

PTH 44 was originally part of Highway 1 . [5] When the new Highway 1 route was completed as part of the Trans-Canada Highway project in 1958, this section became part of transprovincial Highway 4 (along with current Highways 9, 16, and 26). [6] The highway was renumbered to its current designation in 1968. [7]

Major intersections

DivisionLocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
St. Andrews Lockport 0.00.0Manitoba Highway 9.svg PTH 9  Gimli, Selkirk, Winnipeg PTH 44 western terminus
0.90.56Manitoba secondary 238.svg PR 238 south (River Road)
↑ / ↓1.1–
1.6
0.68–
0.99
Crosses the Red River (St. Andrews Caméré Curtain Bridge Dam)
St. Clements 1.81.1Manitoba secondary 204.svg PR 204 south (Henderson Highway) Winnipeg West end of PR 204 concurrency
2.1–
2.4
1.3–
1.5
Crosses the Red River Floodway
2.4–
2.8
1.5–
1.7
Manitoba secondary 204.svg PR 204 north (Henderson Highway) Selkirk Interchange; east end of PR 204 concurrency
Kirkness6.0–
6.8
3.7–
4.2
Manitoba Highway 59.svg PTH 59  Grand Beach, Victoria Beach, Winnipeg Interchange
8.65.3Manitoba secondary 206.svg PR 206 south Dugald, Landmark, Oakbank
Highland Glen13.58.4Manitoba secondary 212.svg PR 212  Cooks Creek, East Selkirk
Brokenhead Tyndall–Garson 18.511.5Gillis StreetFormer PR 306
23.414.5Manitoba Highway 12.svg PTH 12 south Steinbach, Ste. Anne West end of PTH 12 concurrency
Town of Beausejour 31.619.6First StreetFormer PTH 4B
33.220.6Manitoba Highway 12.svg PTH 12 north Grand Beach PTH 44 branches south;
East end of PTH 12 concurrency
34.921.7Manitoba secondary 215.svg PR 215 west (Park Avenue)
Manitoba secondary 302.svg PR 302 south Richer, La Broquerie
PTH 44 branches east; former PTH 4B
Brokenhead
No major junctions
↑ / ↓44.627.7Road 48EFormer PR 316 north
Lac du Bonnet / Reynolds Seddons Corner 49.630.8Manitoba secondary 214.svg PR 214 north (Milner Ridge Road)Former PTH 11
Whitemouth 65.240.5Manitoba Highway 11.svg PTH 11 north Lac du Bonnet, Powerview-Pine Falls PTH 44 turns southeast; west end of PTH 11 concurrency
75.046.6Manitoba secondary 408.svg PR 408 north River Hills
81.750.8Manitoba secondary 406.svg PR 406 south Elma PTH 11 / PTH 44 turns east
85.252.9Manitoba Highway 11.svg PTH 11 south Hadashville, Elma East end of PTH 11 concurrency
Reynolds 115.071.5Enters Whiteshell Provincial Park
115.972.0Manitoba secondary 307.svg PR 307 west Brereton Lake, White Lake La Vérendrye Trail branches west on PR 307
No. 1 141.387.8Manitoba secondary 312.svg PR 312 east Ingolf PTH 44 turns south before PR 312 junction
146.491.0Manitoba secondary 301.svg PR 301 west Falcon Lake
West Hawk Lake 147.291.5unnamed roadFormer PTH 1; PTH 44 turns south
148.792.4Manitoba Highway 1.svg PTH 1 (TCH)  Kenora, Winnipeg Interchange; PTH 44 and La Vérendrye Trail eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

Template:Attached KML/Manitoba Highway 44
KML is from Wikidata
  1. "Westbound PTH 44 at the junction with PR 301, Whiteshell Provincial Park - Street View, 2019". Google Maps.
  2. Government of Manitoba. "Map of Whiteshell Provincial Park" (PDF). Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  3. Google (October 16, 2023). "Map of Manitoba Highway 44" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  4. Government of Manitoba. "Official Highway Map of Manitoba section #3" (PDF). Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  5. "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1956". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
  6. "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1959". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
  7. "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1968". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.