Provincial Road 231 (PR 231) is a 41.9-kilometre-long (26.0 mi) east–west highway in the Interlake Region of Manitoba, connecting the hamlets of Narcisse and Fraserwood with Gimli.
 Provincial Road 231 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Department of Infrastructure | ||||
| Length | 41.9 km (26.0 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1966–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  PTH 17 at Narcisse | |||
 PTH 7 at Fraserwood PTH 8 near Gimli | ||||
| East end |   PTH 9 / PR 222 in Gimli | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Manitoba | |||
| Rural municipalities | Armstrong, Gimli | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
editPR 231 begins in the Rural Municipality of Armstrong at an intersection with PTH 17 at the northern edge of Narcisse. After a short distance, the highway curves to head due eastward as a gravel road, passing by the site of the former hamlet of Bender as well as passing just north of Dennis Lake. The highway becomes concurrent (overlapped) with PTH 7 for a short distance, becoming paved, to Fraserwood, where PR 231 splits and becomes the main thoroughfare for the community.[1] PR 231 now heads east through rural woodlands for several kilometres to enter the Rural Municipality of Gimli, immediately entering farmland as it travels past Gimli Motorsports Park and the former RCAF Gimli to have an intersection with PTH 8. The highway now enters the town of Gimli, travelling through some neighbourhoods before coming to an end at an intersection between PTH 9 and PR 222 (both of which are Seventh Avenue), just a few blocks away from both downtown and the beaches of Lake Winnipeg.[2][3]
Major intersections
edit| Division | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Armstrong | Narcisse | 0.0 | 0.0 | PTH 17 – Fisher Branch, Inwood | Western terminus; western end of unpaved section |
| 1.3 | 0.81 | Road 114N – Narcisse, Bender Historical Site | |||
| | 5.9 | 3.7 | Road 114N – Bender Historical Site | ||
| | 22.5 | 14.0 | PTH 7 north – Arborg | Western end of PTH 7 concurrency; eastern end of unpaved section | |
| Fraserwood | 24.5 | 15.2 | PTH 7 – Teulon | Eastern end of PTH 7 concurrency | |
| Gimli | | 40.2 | 25.0 | PTH 8 (Veterans Memorial Highway) – Riverton, Winnipeg | |
| Gimli | 41.9 | 26.0 |  PTH 9 south / PR 222 north (Seventh Avenue) | Eastern terminus; road continues as N Fifth Avenue towards Lake Winnipeg | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
edit- ^ Government of Manitoba. "Official Highway Map of Manitoba section 2" (PDF). Retrieved June 9, 2024.
- ^ Government of Manitoba. "Official Highway Map of Manitoba section 3" (PDF). Retrieved June 9, 2024.
- ^ "Map of Manitoba Provincial Road 231" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved June 9, 2024.