Provincial Trunk Highway 83 marker

Provincial Trunk Highway 83

Route information
Maintained by Department of Infrastructure
Length402 km (250 mi)
Existed1953–present
Major junctions
South end US 83 at the Westhope–Coulter Border Crossing
Major intersections
North end PTH 10 in Swan River
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceManitoba
Rural municipalities
Towns
Highway system
← PTH 77→ PTH 83A

Provincial Trunk Highway 83 (PTH 83) is a major north-south highway that runs in the far western region of the Canadian province of Manitoba. It travels from the North Dakota border south of Melita, north through Virden, Birtle, Russell, and Roblin to its northern terminus with PTH 10 in the town of Swan River. Along with US 83, PTH 83 is part of a continuously numbered north-south highway in North America with a combined distance of 3,450 kilometres (2,140 mi).

Highway 83 in Manitoba, south of Pipestone

PTH 83 travels no further than 32 kilometres (20 mi) east of the Saskatchewan border, and comes within 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) of the provincial boundary from the junction with PR 487 just north of Benito to the junction with PTH 57.

History

PTH 83 first appeared on the 1953 Manitoba Highway Map.[1]

Prior to 1953, PTH 83 was originally numbered as Highway 22. In 1953, the government re-designated it to match U.S. Route 83. As well, the current section of the highway between Russell and Swan River was known as Highway 31.[2]

Originally, the highway's northern terminus was at the Trans-Canada Highway in Virden, making the original length of the highway 104 kilometres (65 mi). The section of PTH 83 between the Trans-Canada Highway and Birtle was opened to traffic in 1954. At the same time, the highway was extended to Swan River, replacing Highway 31.

A small portion of PTH 83 between Roblin and Russell was reconstructed due to a large slide that occurred in early July 2012. The area affected was located one kilometre north of PR 366 at the bottom of the Shell Valley with traffic detoured around that portion of highway. The slide became serious enough to close the road on July 2. The area which was closed had encountered numerous slides in previous years. It was once home to a lookout point over the Assessippi Valley. That lookout point was declared unsafe and was closed during a previous partial collapse of the road.[3]

Major intersections

DivisionLocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Two Borders​00.0
 US 83 south – Minot, Bismarck		Continuation into North Dakota
Canada–United States border at Westhope–Coulter Border Crossing
​85.0 PR 251 west – LyletonSouth end of PR 251 concurrency
​127.5 PR 251 east – WaskadaNorth end of PR 251 concurrency
​2214 PTH 3 west (Boundary Commission Trail) – Pierson, EstevanSouth end of PTH 3 concurrency
Town of Melita3522 PR 445 west
3622 PTH 3 east (Boundary Commission Trail) – Deloraine, MedoraNorth end of PTH 3 concurrency
Two Borders​4327 PR 452 east – Napinka
​5132 PR 345 – Tilston, Lauder
PipestonePipestone6943 PTH 2 (Red Coat Trail) – Reston, Souris
​8754 PR 255 – Cromer, Oak Lake Beach
Wallace – Woodworth
 No major junctions
Town of Virden10062 PR 257 – Kola, Virden
Wallace – Woodworth​10465 PR 259 east – Kenton
PTH 1 (TCH) east – Brandon		South end of PTH 1 concurrency
​11068 PTH 1 (TCH) west – ReginaNorth end PTH 1 west concurrency
​11672Mile 66NFormer PR 441 west
Prairie View​13383 PR 467 west – Willen
​13483Crosses the Assiniboine River
Miniota13785 PTH 24 east – Oak River
​15294 PR 355 – Birdtail Sioux, Isabella
​163101 PR 568 west
Birtle169105 PTH 42 east – Shoal LakeSouth end of PTH 42 concurrency
​172107 PTH 42 west – St. LazareNorth end of PTH 42 concurrency
​182113 PTH 16 (TCH) east / YH – Shoal LakeSouth end of PTH 16 concurrency
Foxwarren189117 PR 475 west
Prairie View–Russell – Binscarth boundary​200120 PR 359 east – Rossburn
Russell – Binscarth​201125 PTH 41 south – St. Lazare
Binscarth204127 PR 478 – Esterhazy
​214133Mile 116NFormer PR 479 east
​217135 PR 579 west – Millwood
Russell220140 PTH 45 east – Rossburn
221137 PTH 16 (TCH) west / YH – Yorkton, SaskatoonNorth end of PTH 16 concurrency
​231144 PR 264 east – RossburnFormer PR 254 east
Riding Mountain West​241150 PR 482 north – Asessippi Provincial Park
​243151 PR 366 east – Inglis, Grandview
​245152Crosses the Shell River
Roblin​257160Mile 141NFormer PR 589 east
​271168 PR 583 east
Roblin276171 PTH 5 (Parks Route) – Yorkton, DauphinInspections off-set; PTH 5 concurrency (200m) across the CNR tracks
​279173Mile 153NFormer PR 594 east
​280170 PR 593 west
​289180Mile 180NFormer PR 483 east
​295183 PR 594 north – Duck Mountain Provincial Park
​299186Mile 169WFormer PR 592 south
​302188 PR 363 west – Togo
​312194 PR 367 east – Duck Mountain Provincial Park
Duck Mountain Provincial Forest​333207 PTH 57 west – Madge Lake
Swan Valley West​349217Mile 192N (Alpine Road)Former PR 586 north
​359223 PTH 49 west – Arran
Benito362225
​366227 PR 487 northFormer PR 588 north
​374232 PR 486 east – DurbanFormer PR 586 south
Kenville387240 PR 487 west
​394245 PR 486 south
​397247 PTH 83A north – Swan River
Town of Swan River402250 PTH 10 (NWWR) – The Pas, Dauphin
PTH 10A north / PTH 83A south (Main Street E.) – Swan River (Town Center)		PTH 83 northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Template:Attached KML/Manitoba Highway 83
KML is from Wikidata
  1. ↑ "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1953". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
  2. ↑ "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1952". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
  3. ↑ "'Highway to heck' now just Highway 83". Winnipeg Sun. 19 December 2012.

Media related to Manitoba Highway 83 at Wikimedia Commons

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.