Provincial Trunk Highway 5 (PTH 5) is a provincial primary highway located in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

Provincial Trunk Highway 5 marker
Provincial Trunk Highway 5
Northern Woods and Water Route (section)

Northern Cypress Trail (section)

Parks Route (entire length)
Route information
Maintained by Manitoba Infrastructure
Length401 km (249 mi)
Existed1928–present
Major junctions
South end ND 4 at the Hansboro–Cartwright Border Crossing
Major intersections
West end Highway 10 west of Roblin
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceManitoba
Rural municipalities
Major citiesDauphin
Towns
Highway system
PTH 4 PTH 6

The highway starts at the Hansboro–Cartwright Border Crossing on the Canada–United States border and ends at the Saskatchewan boundary 13.6 kilometres (8.5 mi) west of Roblin. Besides Roblin, it passes through the communities of Cartwright, Glenboro, Carberry, Neepawa, McCreary, Ste. Rose Du Lac, Grandview, and Gilbert Plains along its route.

The highway, in a section concurrent with PTH 10, bypasses the city of Dauphin (PTH 5A / 10A does run through Dauphin).

The segment of PTH 5 between PTH 10 and Ste. Rose Du Lac is part of the Northern Woods and Water Route. Further south, PTH 5 is also the main route through Spruce Woods Provincial Park between Glenboro and Carberry. Throughout its entire length, PTH 5 carries the Parks Route designation.

PTH 5, along with PTH 20 and PTH 50, has the distinction of being both a north-south and an east-west highway, though PTH 20 is officially designated north-south for its entire route. From the Canada–United States border to PTH 68 east of Ste. Rose du Lac, PTH 5 is designated as a north-south highway. From PTH 68 to the Saskatchewan border, its designation changes to east-west.

Route description

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PTH 5 begins at the United States Hansboro-Cartwright Border Crossing, with the road continuing south into Towner County, North Dakota as North Dakota Highway 4 (ND 4). The highway heads north into the Cartwright - Roblin Municipality, travelling along the flat farmland of the prairies to cross a creek and pass through the town of Cartwright, where it junctions with PTH 3 (Boundary Commission Trail). It leaves Cartwright and makes a short, gradual jog to the northeast, where it crosses Badger Creek, before curving due northward again to cross a wooded valley and crosses the Pembina River just west of Rock Lake.

PTH 5 crosses into the Rural Municipality of Argyle in Neelin, climbing out of the valley back into farmland and going through a switch back, immediately having a short concurrency (overlap) with PR 253. The highway heads due north to cross a couple of creeks and have an intersection with PTH 23 near Baldur. It has an intersection with a former section of PR 245 (which leads several kilometres east to Bruxelles) before entering the Municipality of Glenboro - South Cypress in the middle of a switchback.

PTH 5 travels through the town of Glenboro, where it has an intersection with PTH 2 (Red Coat Trail), before winding its way through the woodlands of Spruce Woods Provincial Park for the next several kilometres, where it crosses the Assiniboine River before entering the Municipality of North Cypress - Langford. The highway passes through the town of Carberry, mostly bypassing it along its eastern side as it has an intersection with PR 351 (former PTH 1 / TCH). It leaves Carberry and has an intersection with PTH 1 / Trans-Canada Highway (TCH) before going through a switchback near Wellwood and having an intersection with PR 353. The highway crosses a couple of creeks before travelling just west of Lake Irwin and entering the town of Neepawa. PTH 5 becomes concurrent with PTH 16 (TCH / Yellowhead Highway), at an intersection with along the banks of the Whitemud River, and they head west through neighbourhoods along Main Street. They travel along the southern edge of downtown (around the intersection with Mountain Avenue) before passing through more neighbourhoods, with PTH 5 breaking off and heading north at the western edge of town, leaving Neepawa and entering the Rural Municipality of Rosedale.

PTH 5 continues nearly due northward for approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi), having an intersection with PR 471 before passing through Eden, where it shares a short concurrency with PR 265. For the next 50 kilometres (31 mi), PTH 5 travels parallel to the eastern boundary of Riding Mountain National Park. The highway has intersections with PR 357 and PR 352, where it crosses a creek, before passing through the hamlet of Riding Mountain. It has an intersection with PR 261 before travelling just west of Kelwood and crossing into the Municipality of McCreary.[1]

PTH 5 has intersections with PTH 19 and PR 462 before passing through the town of McCreary, which it bypasses along its western side to have an intersection with PTH 50 and PR 361. It enters the Municipality of Ste. Rose and has an intersection with PR 480 near Laurier. The highway shares a concurrency with PR 360 before entering the town of Ste. Rose du Lac and immediately having an intersection with PTH 68 in the middle of a sharp curve, where PTH 5 switches cardinal directions from north-south to east-west. PTH 5 bypasses downtown to the south, where it has an intersection with PR 276 and crosses a river, before beginning to parallel the southern shore of Dauphin Lake as it crosses into the Rural Municipality of Lakeshore.

PTH 5 heads west to have another intersection with PR 480 before passing just to the south of Ochre River, where it has an intersection with PTH 20 and PR 582, before crossing the Ochre River and entering the Rural Municipality of Dauphin. The highway leaves Dauphin Lake, becoming concurrent with PTH 10 and the two head north to pass by Lt. Col W.G. (Billy) Barker VC Airport before crossing Edwards Creek and bypassing the city of Dauphin along its southern and western sides, having intersections with PTH 5A / PTH 10A. They have an intersection with PR 274 before crossing into the Gilbert Plains Municipality.

PTH 10 splits off and heads north at a creek crossing near Ashville, with PTH 5 heading west, crossing the Wilson River and travelling through the town of Gilbert Plains, where it has another intersection PR 274. It crosses into the Grandview Municipality and travels up a valley between Duck Mountain Provincial Park and Riding Mountain National Park, where it passes through the town of Grandview, where it has an intersection with PR 366 and crosses the Valley River. PTH 5 travels through the Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve as it crosses into the Municipality of Roblin.

PTH 5 has intersections with PR 583, 584, and 591 before travelling straight through the centre of the town of Roblin, where it shares an extremely short concurrency with PTH 83. The highway has an intersection with PR 484 before climbing across the Assiniboine River valley (now occupied by the Lake of the Prairies) and crossing the border into Saskatchewan at the intersection with PR 482. The highway continues west as Saskatchewan Highway 10 (Hwy 10) towards Yorkton.[2]

The entire length of Manitoba Provincial Trunk Highway 5 is a rural, two-lane, paved highway. [3]

History

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Prior to 1980, the southern terminus for PTH 5 was at PTH 16 (PTH 4 prior to 1977) in Neepawa, making the original length of the highway 246 kilometres (153 mi).[4]

In 1980, the highway was extended to its current southbound terminus, replacing PR 258 between Neepawa and PTH 3 at Cartwright, via Glenboro and Carberry, and PTH 28 between the U.S. border and Cartwright.[5]

The section between PTH 20 and PTH 10 south of Dauphin was completed and opened to traffic in 1959. Prior to this, PTH 5 turned north at Ochre River and entered Dauphin from the east along what is now PTH 20 and PTH 20A. PTH 5 met PTH 10 south in Dauphin's city centre, from which the two highways continued out of the city in concurrence following the current PTH 5A/10A route (2nd Avenue N.W. / Buchanon Ave.).[6]

Major intersections

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DivisionLocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Cartwright – Roblin00.0 
 
ND 4 south – Hansboro, Jamestown
Continuation into North Dakota
Canada–United States border at Hansboro–Cartwright Border Crossing
Cartwright106.2  PTH 3 – Killarney, Pilot Mound
Argyle2415Road 14 NorthFormer PR 541 east
3220  PR 253 east – GlenoraSouth end of PR 253 concurrency
3421  PR 253 west – Pleasant ValleyNorth end of PR 253 concurrency
4729  PTH 23 – Ninette, Baldur, Swan Lake
6037Road 34 North – BruxellesFormer PR 245 east
Glenboro – South CypressGlenboro7043  PTH 2 – Souris, Holland
Town of Carberry10867  PR 351 (1st Avenue)Former PTH 1
North Cypress – Langford11169  PTH 1 (TCH) – Brandon, WinnipegSite of the 2023 Carberry highway collision
12578Road 70 North – WellwoodFormer PR 353 east
13483  PR 353 west – Brookdale
14288Road 75 NorthFormer PR 465 west
Town of Neepawa15496   PTH 16 (TCH) east / YH – Portage la PrairieSouth end of PTH 16 concurrency
15596   PTH 16 (TCH) west / YH – MinnedosaNorth end of PTH 16 concurrency
Rosedale167104  PR 471 west – Clanwilliam
Eden172107  PR 265 west – PoloniaSouth end of PR 265 concurrency
174108  PR 265 east – PlumasNorth end of PR 265 concurrency
179111  PR 357 west – Mountain Road
181112  PR 352 south – Birnie
194121  PR 261 east – Glenella
McCreary207129  PTH 19 west – Riding Mountain Park
212132  PR 462 south
McCreary217135  PTH 50 east – Alonsa
  PR 361 west – Mount Agassiz
Ste. Rose230140   PR 360 north / PR 480 west – Laurier
241150  PR 360 south – Ste. AmélieFormer PR 581 east
Ste. Rose du Lac247153  PTH 68 east (NWRR) – EriksdaleFormer PR 235 east; east end of Northern Woods and Water Route; directional signage changes between north-south and east-west
248154  PR 276 north – Ste. Rose du Lac
Lakeshore258160  PR 480 south – Makinak
Ochre River264164  PTH 20 north (NWRR) – Winnipegosis
  PR 582 south
West end of Northern Woods and Water Route
Dauphin284176  PTH 10 south – Riding Mountain National Park, BrandonEast end of PTH 10 concurrency
288179   PTH 5A west / PTH 10A north – DauphinEast end of Dauphin Bypass
294183   PTH 5A east / PTH 10A south – DauphinWest end of Dauphin Bypass
302188  PR 274 south – Keld
Gilbert PlainsAshville310190  PTH 10 north – Swan RiverWest end of PTH 10 concurrency
Gilbert Plains324201  PR 274 – Keld, Venlaw
GrandviewGrandview339211  PR 366 – Duck Mountain Provincial Park
Roblin363226  PR 584 – Petlura, Shortdale
376234  PR 583 west
379235  PR 591 north
Roblin386240  PTH 83 north – Swan RiverEast end of PTH 83 concurrency
386240  PTH 83 south – RussellWest end of PTH 83 concurrency
393244  PR 484 north
401249  PR 482 south – Asessippi Provincial Park, Shellmouth
  Highway 10 west – YorktonContinuation into Saskatchewan
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Provincial Trunk Highway 5A

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Provincial Trunk Highway 5A
Main Street S, 2nd Avenue NW, Buchanon Avenue
LocationDauphin
Length8.3 km (5.2 mi)
Existed1959–present

Provincial Trunk Highway 5A (PTH 5A) is an 8.3-kilometre-long (5.2 mi) running along the original alignment of PTH 5 through downtown Dauphin. It runs entirely concurrent with PTH 10A.

Provincial Road 360

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Provincial Road 360
LocationSte. Amelie
Length30.4 km (18.9 mi)
Existed1966–present

Provincial Road 360 (PR 360) is a 30.4-kilometre-long (18.9 mi) north-south loop off of PTH 5 in the Municipality of Ste. Rose, providing access to the hamlet of Ste. Amelie. It is entirely a two-lane road, with only the east-west portion between its north end and Ste. Amelie being paved, the rest being gravel.[2][7]

Provincial Road 581
LocationSte. Amelie
Length8.3 km (5.2 mi)
Existed1966–1992

Prior to 1992, ran mostly along a different path, stretching for 36.9 kilometres (22.9 mi) from PTH 50 near McCreary, through Ste. Amelie, to come to an end at a junction with PTH 68 (Northern Woods and Water Route; former PR 235) near Ste. Rose du Lac, with the southern east-west connection to PTH 5 being formerly part of PR 480, while the northern east-west connection to PTH 5 from Ste. Amelie was designated as Provincial Road 581 (PR 581).[8][9]


DivisionLocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Ste. Rose0.00.0  PTH 5 (Parks Route) – McCreary, Ste. Rose du Lac
  PR 480 west – Laurier
Southern terminus; eastern terminus of PR 480; road continues west as PR 480
1.10.68Bridge over the Turtle River
Ste. Amelie22.113.7Sainte Amelie RoadFormer PR 360 north; begins following former PR 581; pavement begins
30.418.9  PTH 5 (Parks Route) – McCreary, Ste. Rose du LacNorthern terminus; road continues west as Road 135N
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Provincial Road 591

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Provincial Road 591
LocationMunicipality of Roblin
Length3.9 km (2.4 mi)
Existed1966–present

Provincial Road 591 (PR 591) is a short 3.9-kilometre-long (2.4 mi) north-south spur of PTH 5 in the eastern part of the Municipality of Roblin, providing a connection to PR 584 halfway between Merridale and Shortdale. It is entirely a gravel two-lane road, and includes a bridge across the Shell River.[2]

Prior to 1992, PR 591 existed on a slightly different routing, taking an east-west trek from PTH 83 on the north side of Roblin to PR 584, while still using the same Shell River bridge and the same terminus at PR 584. PR 591's original length was 8.9 kilometres (5.5 mi).[8][9]


DivisionLocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Roblin0.00.0  PTH 5 (Parks Route) – Grandview, RoblinSouthern terminus; road continues south as Road 162W
3.42.1Road 152NFormer PR 591 west
3.52.2Bridge over the Shell River
3.92.4  PR 584 – Merridale, ShortdaleNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  1. ^ Government of Manitoba. "Official Highway map #1" (PDF). Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Government of Manitoba. "Official Highway map #4" (PDF). Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Map of Manitoba Provincial Trunk Highway 5" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  4. ^ "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map 1964". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
  5. ^ "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map 1979/80". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
  6. ^ "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map 1958". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
  7. ^ "Map of Manitoba Provincial Road 360" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  8. ^ a b Government of Manitoba. "Official Highway Map of Manitoba 1990-1991" (PDF). Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  9. ^ a b Government of Manitoba. "Official Highway Map of Manitoba 1992-1993" (PDF). Retrieved 13 November 2024.
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  • Official Name and Location - Declaration of Provincial Trunk Highways Regulation - The Highways and Transportation Act - Provincial Government of Manitoba
  • Official Highway Map - Published and maintained by the Department of Infrastructure - Provincial Government of Manitoba (see Legend and Map#1 & 2)
  • Google Maps Search - Provincial Trunk Highway 5