Manitoba Highway 14

Provincial Highway 14 (PTH 14) is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba by the Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation is a Regional Transportation Advisory Committee RTAC Route of Manitoba. The RTAC route is capable of handling RTAC vehicles such as a truck, a truck and pony trailer, a truck and full trailer, a truck tractor and semi-trailer, an A-train, a B-train, or a C-train.[1] PTH 14 is a 2 lane high-speed rural highway (100 km/h) and carries relatively high traffic volumes of approximately 1800 vehicles per day.[2]

The 2001 Average Annual Daily Traffic

(AADT) in the vicinity of Altona is 2380 taken north of PR 201

and 3050 AADT south of the PTH 14/PR 201 intersection.[3]

This article is about the current Manitoba Highway. For the highway that was previously numbered as 14, see Manitoba Highway 75.

Provincial Trunk Highway 14
Route information
Maintained by Manitoba Infrastructure
Length50.2 km (31.2 mi)
Existed1950–present
Major junctions
West end PTH 3 near Winkler
  PTH 32
PTH 30
East end PTH 75 (Lord Selkirk Highway)
Location
Rural
municipalities
Major citiesWinkler
Highway system
Manitoba provincial highways
Winnipeg City Routes
← PTH 13→ PTH 15

The route extends west to east from its junction with PTH 3 to its junction with PTH 75, the Lord Selkirk Highway.[4]

The western terminus of PTH 14 is located at PTH 3 between the neighbouring cities of Morden and Winkler. The westerly leg of PTH 3 continues the route of PTH 14. The eastern terminus is at PTH 75 south of St. Jean Baptiste. The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) runs through Winkler, Manitoba continuing south and parallel to PTH 14 until Plum Coulee where it intersects PTH 14 and runs north and parallel to PTH 14 until Rosenfeld where the CPR diverges north.[5] The highway is twinned its junction with PTH 3 PTH 32. The twinning continues westerly to the city of Morden along PTH 3.[6]

Route description

The land is shaped by the prehistoric Lake Agassiz and there is rich agricultural land located below the Pembina Escarpment which was the shorelines of this ancient lake.[7] Winkler is a thriving city of 8,500 providing south central Manitoba with an urban shopping centre.[8] The town of Plum Coulee is located on the western flood plains of the Red River Valley. The Plum Coulee & District Museum features the area's local history.[9] In 1884, the rural municipality of Rhineland began as Douglas before changing names in 1891.[10] Horndean is a small area between Plum Coulee and Rosenfeld. The Rural Municipality of Montcalm is located in the Red River Valley and the Lord Selkirk Highway connects with three other provincial trunk highways in the R.M. The Lord Selkirk connects Pembina, North Dakota, United States with the capital city of Manitoba, Winnipeg.[10]

Prior to 1949, Highway 14 was the designation of the highway from Winnipeg to Emerson, which is now PTH 75.[11]

PTH 14 was designated to its current route in 1950.

Major intersections
DivisionLocationkm[12]miDestinationsNotes
Stanley​00.0 PTH 3 – Morden, Carman, Winnipeg
City of Winkler53.1 PTH 32 south / PR 428 north – Roland, Walhalla
Rhineland​18.511.5 PR 306 – Plum Coulee, Myrtle, Rosetown
HorndeanRoad 9 West - Kaneformer PR 336
​33.620.9 PTH 30 south / PR 332 north – Rosenfeld, Altona, Gretna
Montcalm​45.528.3 PR 426 south – St. Josephformer PR 246
​50.231.2 PTH 75 – Winnipeg, Emersonformer PTH 14
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References
  1. "Manitoba Transportation & Government Services – Weights and Dimensions Compliance Guide". Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation. Government of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2007-08-11. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  2. "M A N I T O B A ( Order No. 130/03 ) THE HIGHWAYS PROTECTION ACT ..." (PDF). Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation. Government of Manitoba. August 27, 2003. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  3. "M A N I T O B A ( Order No. 172/03 ) THE HIGHWAYS PROTECTION ACT ...". Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation. Government of Manitoba. December 2, 2003. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  4. "Motor Carrier Enforcement Programs – RTAC Routes". Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation. Government of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2007-08-11. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  5. "Official Highway Map". Government of Manitoba. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  6. Klages, Alex (September 3, 2006). "Manitoba Highways". Archived from the original on 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  7. "Rural Municipality of Stanley, Manitoba, Canada". Archived from the original on September 18, 2007. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  8. "Manitoba Community Profiles - Community Profile:Winkler, Manitoba". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  9. "Manitoba Community Profiles - Community Profile:Plum Coulee, Manitoba". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  10. "Manitoba Community Profiles - Community Profile:Rhineland, Manitoba". Archived from the original on 2007-11-09. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  11. "Winnipeg-Emerson Highway to become No. 75" (PDF). Government of Manitoba. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  12. Microsoft Streets and Tips (Map) (2004 ed.). Microsoft Corporation Redmond Washington. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

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