Manitoba Highway 44

Highway 44 shield

Highway 44
Historic Highway No. 1
Route information
Length 149 km (93 mi)
Existed 1968 – present
Major junctions
West end PTH 9 at Lockport
  PTH 59 at Kirkness
PTH 12 at Beausejour
PTH 11 near Whitemouth
East end PTH 1 (TCH) near West Hawk Lake
Highway system

Manitoba provincial highways

← PTH 42PTH 45 →

Provincial Trunk Highway 44 (PTH 44) is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

It begins at Highway 9 (Main St.) in the town of Lockport, just north of Winnipeg. From Lockport the highway travels east, passing through Beausejour before heading south-east after Highway 11 branches north towards Lac Du Bonnet and Pine Falls. It is the main highway through Whiteshell Provincial Park and ends at the Trans-Canada Highway just west of the Ontario boundary. It becomes very narrow as it passes through the Wilderness of the Park, and is very hilly and winding. The speed limit along Highway 44 is 100 km/h (60 mph).

History

Highway 44 was originally part of Provincial Trunk Highway 1.[1] When the new southerly alignment of Highway 1 was completed as part of the Trans-Canada Highway project in 1958, this section of Highway 1 became part of transprovincial Highway 4 (along with current Highways 9, 16, and 26).[2] The highway was renumbered to its current designation in 1968.[3]

Major intersections

DivisionLocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
St. AndrewsLockport0.00.0 PTH 9 – Gimli, Selkirk, WinnipegPTH 44 western terminus
0.90.56 PR 238 south (River Road)
↑ / ↓1.1–
1.6		0.68–
0.99		Crosses the Red River
St. Clements1.81.1 PR 204 south (Henderson Highway)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		 PR 204 north (Henderson Highway)Interchange; east end of PR 204 concurrency
Kirkness6.0–
6.8		3.7–
4.2		 PTH 59 – Grand Beach, WinnipegInterchange
​8.65.3 PR 206 south – Oakbank
​13.58.4 PR 212 – East Selkirk, Cooks Creek
BrokenheadGarson18.511.5
​23.414.5 PTH 12 south – SteinbachWest end of PTH 12 concurrency
Beausejour31.619.6First StreetFormer PTH 4B
33.220.6 PTH 12 north – Grand BeachPTH 44 branches south;
east end of PTH 12 concurrency
34.921.7 PR 215 west (Park Avenue)
PR 302 south – Vivian		PTH 44 branches east; former PTH 4B
Seddons Corner49.630.8 PR 214 north (Milner Ridge Road)Original PTH 11
Whitemouth​65.240.5 PTH 11 north – Lac du BonnetPTH 44 turns southeast;
west end of PTH 11 concurrency
​75.046.6 PR 408 north – River Hills
Whitemouth79.349.3
​81.750.8 PR 406 south – ElmaPTH 11 / PTH 44 turns east
​85.252.9 PTH 11 south – HadashvilleEast end of PTH 11 concurrency
Whiteshell Provincial Park​115.972.0 PR 307 north – White Lake
​141.387.8 PR 312 east – IngolfPTH 44 turns south before PR 312 junction
​146.491.0 PR 301 west – Falcon Lake
West Hawk Lake147.291.5
​148.792.4 PTH 1 (TCH) – Kenora, WinnipegInterchange; PTH 44 eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map:

KML is from Wikidata
  1. ↑ "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1956". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
  2. ↑ "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1959". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
  3. ↑ "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1968". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.


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