PTH 59 coincides with City Route 20 (Lagimodière Boulevard) as it runs through the eastern part of Winnipeg. North of the city, PTH 59 is the main route to Grand Beach and the eastern side of Lake Winnipeg and part of the La Vérendrye Trail. To the south, PTH 59 is effectively the modern-day successor to the original Crow Wing Trail as one of two main roads between Winnipeg and the United States border, serving as an alternative to PTH 75. PTH 59 is also a main route on both sides of Winnipeg for rural Manitobans commuting to work in the city.[4][5][6]
Provincial Road 504 (PR 504) is a short 2.3-kilometre-long (1.4mi) north-south spur of PTH 59 in the Rural Municipality of Victoria Beach, connecting the communities of Victoria Beach itself and Wanasing Beach with both the community and beach of Sandy Bay on Lake Winnipeg. Between PTH 59 and the intersection with Olafsson Boulevard and Hampton Road, PR 504 is a paved two-lane highway. Past this intersection though, it is a narrow single lane gravel road for the 0.1 kilometres (0.062mi) to the dead end at the beach on Lake Winnipeg. Throughout its length, PR 504 travels through a mix of woodlands and lakeside neighbourhoods.[2][8]
PR 508 begins at the centre of East Selkirk at an intersection with PR 212 (Colville Road) along the banks of Cooks Creek, with the La Vérendrye Trail continuing west along PR 212 northbound. It heads north along St. Peters Road to travel through neighbourhoods for a few kilometres before leaving East Selkirk and crossing Dubas Creek. As it passes by the St. Peter Dynevor Church Provincial Historic Site, the highest begins following the east bank of the Red River, crossing PTH 4 before travelling through rural areas. Now turning away from the river via a sudden right turn onto Road 82N, travelling along the north side of Peguis 1H reserve of the Peguis First Nation for a few kilometres before coming to an end at a junction with PTH 59. La Vérendrye Trail continues east along PTH 59 northbound. The entire length of PR 508 is a paved, two-lane highway.[2][9][10]
Provincial Road 509 (PR 509), also known as CIL Road, is a short 1.6-kilometre-long (0.99mi) east–west spur of PTH 59, serving as a connection to the city of Selkirk via PR 204 (La Vérendrye Trail). It is entirely a paved two-lane highway, and includes a railway crossing near its western end.[11][12][2]
Between 1966 and 1968, PR 509 existed on an entirely different route, along a 11-kilometre-long (6.8mi) spur of PR 308 in the Northwest Angle Provincial Forest, providing access to both Moose Lake and Birch Point Provincial Parks, as well as the coastline of Buffalo Bay on Lake of the Woods. Though now unnumbered, the road still exists as a two-lane gravel road and is still in use.[13][14][15]
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US 59 (Lancaster-Tolstoi Border Crossing)
