Manitoba Highway 7

Last updated
Manitoba Highway 7.svg
Provincial Trunk Highway 7
Route information
Maintained by Manitoba Infrastructure
Length104 km [1]  (65 mi)
Existed1928–present
Major junctions
South endWinnipeg city route 90.svg Route 90 in Winnipeg
Major intersectionsManitoba Highway 101.svg PTH 101 near Winnipeg
Manitoba Highway 67.svg PTH 67 near Stonewall
Manitoba Highway 17.svg PTH 17 at Teulon
North endManitoba Highway 68.svg PTH 68 at Arborg
Location
Country Canada
Province Manitoba
Rural municipalities
Major cities Winnipeg
Towns
Highway system
Manitoba Highway 6.svg PTH 6 Manitoba Highway 8.svg PTH 8

Provincial Trunk Highway 7 (PTH 7) is a provincial primary highway located in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It runs from the northern limit of the city of Winnipeg (where it meets with Route 90/Brookside Blvd.) north to Arborg, Manitoba where it intersects with PTH 68. The highway is twinned from Winnipeg to just north of PTH 67, an east-west route that provides access to the Town of Stonewall. [2]

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Route description

PTH 7 begins in the Rural Municipality of Rosser at the Winnipeg city limits at an intersection with Mollard Road, with the road continuing south into Winnipeg as Winnipeg Route 90 (Route 90 / Brookside Boulevard). It heads north as a 4-lane divided Highway to immediately have a cloverleaf interchange with PTH 101 (North Perimeter Highway) just shortly before crossing into the Rural Municipality of Rockwood. The highway has a short concurrency (overlap) with PR 321 as it travels along the western side of Stony Mountain before traveling just to the east of Stonewall, where it has a junction with PTH 67. PTH 7 now narrows to 2-lanes and has intersections with PR 323 and PR 236 before the hamlet of Gunton and the town of Teulon, having intersections with PR 415 and PTH 17 as it bypasses downtown along its eastern side. [3]

PTH 7 crosses into the Rural Municipality of Armstrong at an intersection with PR 229 in the community of Komarno, and continues traveling due northward to pass through the hamlets of Fraserwood, where it has a concurrency with PR 231, Meleb, and Silver before entering the Municipality of Bifrost - Riverton. It enters the town of Arborg shortly thereafter and comes to an end at an intersection with PTH 68 just southeast of downtown, near the banks of the Icelandic River. [4]

History

PTH 7 first appeared on the 1928 Manitoba Highway Map as a short feeder route connecting Stonewall and Winnipeg. [5] When PTH 6 was opened to traffic in 1947, it incorporated a small portion of the original PTH 7. That same year, a second leg of PTH 7 was opened connecting Stony Mountain to Teulon. [6]

PTH 7 was rerouted through Stony Mountain in 1951, bypassing Stonewall completely. [7] It extended further north to the village of Komarno the following year, [8] and to Fraserwood in 1955. [9]

In 1956, PTH 7 was extended west of Fraserwood on to what is now PTH 17 as far as Narcisse. [10] The highway was extended to Chatfield the following year, [11] before reaching PTH 68 at Poplarfield in 1959. [12] PTH 7 was extended to Fisher Branch in 1960. [13]

In 1966, PTH 7 was reconfigured to its current northern terminus with PTH 68 at Arborg from Fraserwood, and the route between Fraserwood and Fisher Branch was redesignated as PTH 16 . [14] The original route was given its current PTH 17 designation in 1977.

PTH 7 formerly extended into the city of Winnipeg. Prior to 1966, PTH 7 followed present-day Winnipeg Route 90, under numerous different street names, to PTH 1  / PTH 4 (Portage Avenue), cosigned with PTH 6 for a 8-kilometre (5 mi) section between present-day PTH 101 and Logan Avenue. [15] When the Winnipeg Metro Routes were established in c.1966, the section of PTH 7 inside the Perimeter Highway was decommissioned; [16] however, currently PTH 7 still exists between the Perimeter Highway and Winnipeg city limits.

Major intersections

DivisionLocationkm [1] miDestinationsNotes
City of Winnipeg −13.1−8.1Winnipeg city route 90.svg Century Street (Route 90 south)
Manitoba Highway 1.svgWinnipeg city route 85.svg PTH 1  / Portage Avenue (Route 85)
Former PTH 7 southern terminus; [15] former PTH 1 / PTH 4 concurrency
−10.6−6.6Ontario M502.svg Wellington AvenueTo Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport
−7.9−4.9Winnipeg city route 47.svg Logan Avenue (Route 47 east)Former PTH 6 south; former south end of PTH 6 concurrency
0.00.0Winnipeg city route 90.svg Route 90 ends
Mollard Road
Winnipeg city limits; PTH 7 southern terminus; Route 90 northern terminus
Rosser 1.60.99Manitoba Highway 101.svg Perimeter Highway (PTH 101)Interchange; PTH 101 exit 60; former PTH 6 north; former north end of PTH 6 concurrency
↑ / ↓9.86.1Manitoba secondary 321.svg PR 321 east (Rushman Road)South end of PR 321 concurrency
Rockwood Stony Mountain 11.57.1Manitoba secondary 321.svg PR 321 west / Road 73N Grosse Isle, Stony Mountain North end of PR 321 concurrency
18.411.4Manitoba Highway 67.svg PTH 67  Stonewall, Selkirk
23.314.5Manitoba secondary 323.svg PR 323 west Argyle
31.519.6Manitoba secondary 236.svg PR 236 west Balmoral
38.123.7Arundel Avenue (Road 89N) Gunton
Town of Teulon 44.627.7Manitoba secondary 415.svg PR 415 west
46.328.8Manitoba Highway 17.svg PTH 17  Fisher Branch
Rockwood 57.535.7First Street (Road 101N) Komarno
↑ / ↓60.437.5Manitoba secondary 229.svg PR 229  Inwood, Winnipeg Beach
Armstrong 68.642.6Main Street (Road 107N) Malonton
Fraserwood 75.246.7Manitoba secondary 231.svg PR 231 east Gimli South end of PR 231 concurrency
78.248.6Manitoba secondary 231.svg PR 231 west Fisher Branch North end of PR 231 concurrency
Meleb 89.055.3Road 117N Meleb
Rembrandt 97.260.4Road 122N Rembrandt Former PR 324 east
Silver 102.163.4Road 125N Silver
Bifrost-Riverton
No major junctions
Town of Arborg 104.464.9Manitoba Highway 68.svg PTH 68  Poplarfield, Eriksdale, Hnausa PTH 7 northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Closed/former
  •        Concurrency terminus
  •        Route transition

References

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  1. 1 2 "PTH 7 in Manitoba" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  2. Curtis Walker's Road Photos. "Manitoba Provincial Trunk Highway 7" . Retrieved December 13, 2024.
  3. Government of Manitoba. "Official Highway map #2" (PDF). Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  4. Government of Manitoba. "Official Highway map #5" (PDF). Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  5. Manitoba Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. 1928. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  6. Manitoba Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. 1947. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  7. Manitoba Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. 1951. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  8. Manitoba Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. 1952. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  9. Manitoba Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. 1955. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  10. Manitoba Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. 1956. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  11. Manitoba Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. 1957. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  12. Manitoba Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. 1959. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  13. Manitoba Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. 1960. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  14. Manitoba Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. 1966. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  15. 1 2 Province of Manitoba. Manitoba Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map) (1964-1965 ed.). Winnipeg inset. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 14, 2015.
  16. Province of Manitoba. Manitoba Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map) (1966-1967 ed.). Winnipeg inset. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 13, 2016.