Manitoba Highway 2#Related route

{{Infobox road

|province=MB

|type=PTH

|route=2

|alternate_name=Red Coat Trail

|image=Manitoba Highway 2.jpg

|photo_notes=Highway 2 in the RM of Pipestone

|photo_width=250

|maint=Manitoba Infrastructure

|length_km=315

|established=1928

|direction_a=West

|direction_b=East

|terminus_a={{jct|state=SK|Hwy|13}} at Saskatchewan border near Sinclair

|junction={{plainlist|

{{Jct|state=MB|PTH|83}} at Pipestone
{{Jct|state=MB|PTH|21}} near Deleau
{{Jct|state=MB|PTH|22}} at Souris
{{Jct|state=MB|PTH|10}} near Nesbitt
{{Jct|state=MB|PTH|18}} near Wawanesa
{{Jct|state=MB|PTH|5}} at Glenboro
{{Jct|state=MB|PTH|34}} at Holland
{{Jct|state=MB|PTH|13}} at Elm Creek
{{Jct|state=MB|PTH|3}} at Oak Bluff}}

|terminus_b={{jct|state=MB|TCH|100}} near Oak Bluff

|rural_municipalities={{unbulleted list|Pipestone|Sifton|Souris – Glenwood|Oakland – Wawanesa|Glenboro – South Cypress|Victoria|Norfolk Treherne|Grey|Macdonald}}

|previous_type=Hwy

|previous_route=1A

|next_type=Hwy

|next_route=3

}}

Provincial Trunk Highway 2 (PTH 2) is a {{convert|315|km|mi|abbr=off|adj=on}} highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It runs from Highway 13 at the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border to Winnipeg's Perimeter Highway near Oak Bluff. {{Cite Web|url=http://curtiswalker.com/roads/MB/2/|title=Manitoba Provincial Trunk Highway 2|author=Curtis Walker's Road Photos|access-date=December 13, 2024}}

PTH 2 is the Manitoba portion of the Red Coat Trail.[http://pcag.uwinnipeg.ca/Prairie-Perspectives/PP-Vol07/Gaudry.pdf Trails, truth and tourism: Manitoba’s Red Coat Trail.] Lesley Gaudry. Prairie Perspectives: Geographical Essays. University of Winnipeg (2004): p. 35. Retrieved December 1, 2022. {{Cite web|url=https://www.travelawaits.com/2551472/driving-the-red-coat-trail-from-winnipeg-to-calgary/|title=Driving The Historic Red Coat Trail: Winnipeg To Calgary|author=Travel Awaits|date=2 August 2020 |access-date=December 2, 2022}}

Route description

File:Manitoba Highway 2 Between Boissevain and Winnipeg, Manitoba (43973608981).jpg

PTH 2 begins in the Rural Municipality of Pipestone at the Saskatchewan border, with the road, and the Red Coat Trail, continuing west as Saskatchewan Highway 13 (Hwy 13) towards the town of Redvers. The highway heads east, along with the Red Coat Trail, to pass along the northern edge of Sinclair, where it shares a {{convert|4|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} concurrency (overlap) with PR 256, before making a sharp curve to the south, then another to the east as it passes through Linklater. It now passes through the town of Reston and the community of Pipestone, where it has an intersection with PTH 83, before crossing into the Rural Municipality of Sifton.

PTH 2 pass just a few kilometres to the south of Oak Lake as it travels through the communities of Findlay and Deleau, where it has an intersection with PR 254 and have a several kilometer long concurrency with PTH 21, which involves a sharp curve to the north, then the east. The highway crosses into the Municipality of Souris - Glenwood at the second intersection with PTH 21.

PTH 2 has an intersection with PR 347 before crossing Plum Creek to enter Souris. The highway crosses a railroad track and passes through neighbourhoods before having an intersection with PTH 22 and PR 250 at the northern edge of downtown. It begins paralleling the Souris River and leaves Souris as it passes along the south side of Souris Glenwood Industrial Air Park and crosses another railroad track. Shortly thereafter, the highway crosses into the Municipality of Oakland - Wawanesa at an intersection with PR 348.

File:Manitoba Highway 2 Between Boissevain and Winnipeg, Manitoba (43254872194).jpg

PTH 2 passes just to the north of Carroll before having a short concurrency with PTH 10 (also known as the John Bracken Highway), where it crosses yet another railroad track. It heads east to pass on the southern edge of Nesbitt, where it has an intersection with PR 346, before curving southeast, having an intersection with PR 344 and crossing the Souris River for the second and final time. The highway travels along the southern edge of Wawanesa, having intersections with Tenterfield Road (which leads to Dunrea) and PR 340 (which leads to Wawanesa proper), before crossing into the Municipality of Glenboro - South Cypress. {{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/mit/map/pdf/map1.pdf|author=Government of Manitoba|title=Manitoba Highway map #1|access-date=December 1, 2022}}

PTH 2 makes a sharp curve to the south, then east, to have intersections with PTH 18 and PR 530, before heading due eastward to cross a creek and pass through Glenboro, where it junctions with PTH 5 (Parks Route). Entering the Rural Municipality of Victoria at an intersection with PR 342, The highway travels along the northern edge of Cypress River, where it crosses the river of the same name.

File:Manitoba Highway 2 Between Holland and Treherne, Manitoba (43254856444).jpg

PTH 2 curves more northeastward as it passes through Holland, where it has an intersection with PTH 34 and parallels a former railroad line, before entering the Municipality of Norfolk Treherne. The highway becomes more curvy as it passes through Treherne, where it has a concurrency with PR 242, and Rathwell, where it junctions with PR 244, before crossing into the Rural Municipality of Grey.

File:Manitoba Highway 2 Between Saint Claude and Elm Creek, Manitoba (43925076572).jpg

PTH 2 crosses PR 305 before going through a switchback and travelling through St. Claude, where it crosses PR 240. It goes through another switchback as follows along the northern and eastern edges of Haywood before travelling through Elm Creek, where it has intersections with PTH 13 and PR 247, as well as crossing over a railroad track. The highway continues northeast to pass through the communities of Culross and Fannystelle, where it has an intersection with PR 248, before entering the Rural Municipality of Macdonald.

File:Saint Claude, Manitoba (43254836744).jpg

PTH 2 passes through Starbuck, where it has an intersection with PR 332 and crosses the La Salle River, before heading due east to have an intersection with PR 424 and a short concurrency with PR 334. The highway now travels along the southern edge of Oak Bluff, where it meets PTH 3 at a roundabout shortly before PTH 2, and the Red Coat Trail, both come to an end at an intersection with PTH 100 (South Perimeter Highway / Trans-Canada Highway). {{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/mit/map/pdf/map2.pdf|author=Government of Manitoba|title=Manitoba Highway map #2|access-date=December 1, 2022}}

The entire length of Provincial Trunk Highway 2 is a rural, two-lane highway travelling through the relatively flat prairies of southern Manitoba. {{Google Maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/MB-2,+Manitoba,+Canada/@49.561996,-99.3622029,17z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x52e7ff372e4141a9:0xf8601c1e8636edcf!8m2!3d49.561996!4d-99.3622029!16zL20vMDh2c2Rf|title=Map of Manitoba Highway 2|access-date=December 1, 2022}}

History

Before the implementation of the Winnipeg's city route system, PTH 2 shared McGillivray Boulevard with PTH 3 to Pembina Highway. This roadway is now designated as Winnipeg Route 155.

Major intersections

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|location=none

|road={{jct|state=SK|Hwy|13|dir1=west|name1=Red Coat Trail|city1=Redvers|city2=Weyburn}}

|notes=Continuation into Saskatchewan

}}

{{MBint|type=concur

|km=10

|location=Sinclair

|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|256|dir1=south|city1=Tilston}}

|notes=west end of PR 256 overlap

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{{MBint|type=concur

|km=14

|location=none

|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|256|dir1=north|city1=Cromer}}

|notes=east end of PR 256 overlap

}}

{{MBint

|km=25

|location=Reston

|road=Road 160 West

|notes=former PR 252 south

}}

{{MBint

|km=26

|location=none

|road=Road 159 West

|notes=former PR 252 north

}}

{{MBint

|km=35

|location=Pipestone

|road={{jct|state=MB|PTH|83|city1=Virden|city2=Melita}}

}}

{{MBint

|km=59

|rm=Sifton|dspan=2

|location=Deleau

|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|254|city1=Oak Lake Beach|city2=Lauder}}

}}

{{MBint|type=concur

|km=67

|location=none

|road={{jct|state=MB|PTH|21|dir1=south|city1=Hartney}}

|notes=west end of PTH 21 overlap

}}

{{MBint|type=concur

|km=75

|division_special=Sifton–Souris – Glenwood boundary

|location=none

|road={{jct|state=MB|PTH|21|dir1=north|city1=Griswold}}

|notes=east end of PTH 21 overlap

}}

{{MBint

|km=79

|rm=Souris – Glenwood|dspan=2

|location=none

|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|347|dir1=east}}

|notes=former PR 454 south

}}

{{MBint

|km=91

|location=Souris

|road={{jct|state=MB|PTH|22|dir1=south|city1=Elgin}}
{{jct|state=MB|PR|250|dir1=north|city1=Alexander}}

}}

{{MBint

|km=106

|division_special=Souris – Glenwood–Oakland – Wawanesa boundary

|location=none

|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|348|dir1=north}}

}}

{{MBint

|km=108

|rm=Oakland – Wawanesa|dspan=8

|location=none

|road={{Jct|province=MB|road|1st Street|city1=Carroll}}

|notes=

}}

{{MBint|type=concur

|km=113

|location=none

|road={{jct|state=MB|PTH|10|dir1=north|name1=John Bracken Highway|city1=Brandon}}

|notes=west end of PTH 10 overlap

}}

{{MBint|type=concur

|km=118

|location=none

|road={{jct|state=MB|PTH|10|dir1=south|name1=John Bracken Highway|city1=Boissevain}}

|notes=east end of PTH 10 overlap

}}

{{MBint

|km=125

|location=Nesbitt

|lspan=2

|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|346|dir1=south|city1=Margaret}}

}}

{{MBint

|km=126

|road={{Jct|province=MB|road|Main Street|city1=Nesbitt}}

|notes=

}}

{{MBint

|km=133

|location=none

|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|344|dir1=east|city1=Wawanesa}}

|notes=

}}

{{MBint

|km=138

|location=none

|road=Tenterfield Road – Dunrea

|notes=former PR 344 south

}}

{{MBint

|km=139

|location=none

|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|340|dir1=north|city1=Wawanesa}}

|notes=former PR 344 north

}}

{{MBint

|km=144

|division_special=Glenboro – South Cypress|dspan=5

|location=none

|road={{jct|state=MB|PTH|18|dir1=south|city1=Killarney}}

}}

{{MBint

|km=147

|location=none

|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|530|dir1=north}}

}}

{{MBint

|km=158

|location=none

|road=Road 88 West – Stockton

|notes=former PR 340 north

}}

{{MBint

|km=160

|location=none

|road=Road 86 West – Belmont

|notes=former PR 340 south

}}

{{MBint

|km=167

|location=Glenboro

|road={{jct|state=MB|PTH|5|name1=Parks Route|city1=Carberry|city2=Baldur|city3=Cartwright}}

|notes=former PR 258

}}

{{MBint

|division_special=Glenboro – South Cypress–Victoria boundary

|km=180

|location=Cypress River

|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|342|dir1=south|city1=Glenora}}

}}

{{MBint

|km=196

|rm=Victoria

|location=Holland

|road={{jct|state=MB|PTH|34|city1=Austin|city2=Pilot Mound}}

}}

{{MBint|type=concur

|km=209

|division_special=Norfolk Treherne|dspan=4

|location=Treherne

|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|242|dir1=south|city1=Somerset}}

|notes=west end of PR 242 overlap

}}

{{MBint|type=concur

|km=213

|location=none

|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|242|dir1=north|city1=Rossendale}}

|notes=east end of PR 242 overlap

}}

{{MBint

|km=219

|location=Rathwell

|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|244|dir1=south|city1=Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes}}

}}

{{MBint

|km=227

|location=none

|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|305|city1=Long Plain}}

}}

{{MBint

|km=233

|rm=Grey|dspan=6

|location=St. Claude

|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|240|city1=Portage la Prairie|city2=Roseisle|city3=St. Claude}}

}}

{{MBint

|km=

|location=none

|road=Road 35 West

|notes=former PR 338 south

}}

{{MBint

|km=

|location=none

|road=Old 338 Road 32 West – Haywood

|notes=former PR 338 north

}}

{{MBint

|km=259

|location=Elm Creek

|road={{jct|state=MB|PTH|13|city1=Oakville|city2=Carman}}

}}

{{MBint

|km=261

|location=none

|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|247|dir1=east|city1=Sanford}}

}}

{{MBint

|km=278

|location=Fannystelle

|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|248|city1=Elie}}

}}

{{MBint

|km=290

|rm=Macdonald|dspan=6

|location=Starbuck

|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|332|city1=Dacotah|city2=Brunkild}}

}}

{{MBint

|km=298

|location=none

|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|424|dir1=north|city1=Springstein}}

}}

{{MBint|type=concur

|km=302

|location=none

|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|334|dir1=south|city1=Sanford}}

|notes=west end of PR 334 overlap

}}

{{MBint|type=concur

|km=306

|location=none

|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|334|dir1=north|city1=Headingley}}

|notes=east end of PR 334 overlap

}}

{{MBint

|km=313

|location=Oak Bluff

|road={{jct|state=MB|PTH|3|TCH|100|Winnipeg|155|dir2=west|dir3=east|to2=yes|city1=Winnipeg|city2=Carman}}

}}

{{MBint

|km=315

|type=incomplete

|location=none

|road={{jct|state=MB|TCH|100|dir1=east|name1=Perimeter Highway|location1=Kenora}}

|notes=PTH 2 eastern terminus; no eastbound left turn

}}

Related route

{{Infobox road small

|province=MB

|type=PR

|route=530

|established=1992

|length_km=7.3

|location=South of Treesbank

}}

Provincial Road 530 (PR 530) is a {{convert|7.3|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} spur of PTH 2 in the Municipality of Glenboro-South Cypress, previously connecting it to the hamlet of Treesbank prior to the Souris River bridge collapse during the 2011 Souris River flood. {{Cite web|url=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/sites/treesbankbridge.shtml|title=Historic Sites of Manitoba: Concrete Bowstring Arch Bridge No. 412 (Souris River, Municipality of Glenboro-South Cypress)|author=Manitoba Historical Society|access-date=June 2, 2024}} At its northern end, including the former bridge, PR 530 follows a former section of PR 340. The entire length of PR 530 is a rural two-lane gravel road. {{Google Maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/MB-530,+Manitoba,+Canada/@49.603877,-99.597407,14z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x52dd5f9644318f33:0x2291853c0f31bb2f!8m2!3d49.5986769!4d-99.5982472!16s%2Fg%2F1tsjd9j4?source=lnms|title=Map of Manitoba Provincial Road 530|access-date=June 2, 2024}}

Between 1966 and 1992, PR 530 was designated along an entirely different route, running {{convert|9.9|km|mi}} from PR 245 in Bruxelles to PTH 23 along the border of the Swan Lake First Nation, all within the Municipality of Lorne along Road 64W. {{Cite Web|url=http://content.gov.mb.ca/mit/maparchive/high/1990_1991_map.pdf|title=Official Highway Map of Manitoba 1990-1991|access-date=October 29, 2024}}

The entire route is in the Municipality of Glenboro – South Cypress.{{MBinttop|length_ref=|nosub1=yes}}

{{MBint

|location=none

|km=0.0

|road={{Jct|province=MB|PTH|2|name1=Red Coat Trail|city1=Souris|city2=Treherne}}

|notes=Southern terminus; road continues south as Mooney Road (Road 94W)

}}

{{MBint

|location=none

|km=6.5

|road={{Jct|province=MB|road|Road 42W|city1=Stockton}}

|notes=Former PR 340 south

}}

{{Jctbridge

|location=none

|km=7.3

|type=former

|bridge=Concrete Bowstring Arch Bridge No. 412 across Souris River

|notes=Northern terminus; dead end; collapsed in 2011 Souris River flood

}}

{{MBint

|location=Treesbank

|km=8.1

|type=former

|road={{Jct|province=MB|road|Norfolk Street|city1=Treesbank|to2=to|PR|340}}

|notes=Former northern terminus prior to 2011; former PR 340 followed Norfolk Street (originally PR 451 prior to 1989) to meet its current alignment

}}

References

External links

[https://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/regs/current/_pdf-regs.php?reg=415/88%20R Official Name and Location] - Declaration of Provincial Trunk Highways Regulation - The Highways and Transportation Act - Provincial Government of Manitoba
[https://www.gov.mb.ca/mit/map/index.html Official Highway Map] - Published and maintained by the Department of Infrastructure - Provincial Government of Manitoba (see Legend and Maps#1 & 2)
[https://www.google.com/maps/place/MB-2,+Manitoba/@49.5571394,-99.4724813,12.57z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x52e7ff372e4141a9:0xf8601c1e8636edcf!8m2!3d49.5619989!4d-99.3591259?hl=en Google Maps Search] - Provincial Trunk Highway 2

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