Manitoba Highway 16

Highway 16
Yellowhead Highway
Route information
Length:	273 km (170 mi)
Major junctions
West end:	Saskatchewan border near Harrowby continues as Hwy 16
	PTH 83 PTH 45 PTH 41 PTH 42 PTH 21 PTH 10 PTH 5 PTH 34 PTH 50
East end:	PTH 1 / PR 305 west of Portage La Prairie
Location
Towns:	Russell, Binscarth, Shoal Lake, Minnedosa, Neepawa, Gladstone
Highway system
Manitoba provincial highways ← PTH 15 PTH 16A →

Provincial Trunk Highway 16 (PTH 16) is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is the Manitoba section of the Yellowhead Highway, and also the Trans-Canada Highway Yellowhead section. The main purpose of this highway is to connect Winnipeg with other Canadian cities such as Saskatoon and Edmonton. The highway runs from Bloom at an intersection with the Trans Canada Highway and Provincial Road 305 10 km west of Portage la Prairie to the Saskatchewan boundary 16 km west of Russell, where it continues as Saskatchewan Highway 16.

The highway is two lanes through Manitoba, with two small divided sections at the north and south junctions with PTH 10 around Minnedosa, which it runs in concurrence with just west of the town. Twinning and upgrading to expressway status is being planned in the future.

Route History

The route was known as PTH 4 until 1977, when it was renumbered to allow the entire length of the Yellowhead Highway to retain the number 16 designation across all four provinces of western Canada.

The highway has had some reconfigurations in its time, particularly around Minnedosa as well as between Shoal Lake and Foxwarren.

In the Minnedosa area, the section of highway from PTH 16A and Franklin Road as well as the section from PTH 10 north to Basswood was constructed in the early 1940s. Prior to this, the highway turned north for two kilometres and then west past the hamlet of Franklin. It then entered Minnedosa from the east along what is 2nd Avenue SE, meeting PTH 10 south in the town centre. It then shared the highway to a point three kilometres north of its current junction with PTH 10 north at what is now the turnoff to the Ski Valley Recreation Area. PTH 4 would then turn west and rejoin the current configuration just east of Basswood. After this reconfiguration, PTH 4 met southbound PTH 10 two kilometres south of Minnedosa and then shared the highway through the town to its current northbound/westbound junction. The highway was extended two kilometers farther west in 1971 to its current junction with southbound PTH 10 with the construction of the Minnedosa bypass.

The current section between Shoal Lake and the southbound junction of PTH 83 was constructed in the early 1960s. Prior to this, PTH 4 would meet PTH 21 in Shoal Lake (northbound PTH 21 ended at this point). The highway would continue west along what is now PTH 42 to meet PTH 83 south at Birtle. The two highways would then run in concurrence from Birtle to the current junction seven kilometers east of Foxwarren, where it would then rejoin its current configuration.

Travel Route

This is the travel route for Provincial Trunk Highway 16 (PTH 16) from west to east:

km	Municipality	Location	Interescting highway	Notes
0	Russell R.M.	Saskatchewan - Manitoba border		Manitoba leg of Yellowhead Highway begins
3			Harrowby Road
16		Russell	PTH 83 north – Roblin, Benito, Swan River	begin PTH 83 south concurrence
17			PTH 45 east – Rossburn, Oakburn, Erickson	PTH 16/83 turns south
20			PR 579 west – Millwood
23			Mile 112N	formerly PR 479 east
33		Binscarth	PR 478 – Silverton, Esterhazy
36			PTH 41 south – St. Lazare, McAuley, Kirkella	PTH 16/83 turns southeast
37	Ellice R.M. / Russell R.M.		PR 359 east – Rossburn
49	Birtle R.M.	Foxwarren	PR 475 west	PTH 16/83 turns east
56			PTH 83 south – Birtle, Miniota, Virden	end PTH 83 south concurrence
60			PR 476 north – Angusville
68			PR 472 south – Solsgirth	formerly PR 474 south
78			PR 264 north – Rossburn	begin PR 264 south concurrence PR 264 was formerly PR 254
82	Shoal Lake R.M.		PR 264 south – Decker, Crandall	end PR 264 south concurrence
88			Vista Road	formerly PR 472 north
95		Shoal Lake	PTH 42 west – Birtle, St. Lazare
96			PTH 21 – Oakburn, Hamiota, Hartney
103	Strathclair R.M.		Green Bluff Road / Menzie Road	formerly PR 470
110		Strathclair	PR 354 south – Oak River	begin PR 354 north concurrence
114			PR 354 north – Elphinstone	end PR 354 north concurrence
124	Harrison R.M.	Newdale	PR 250 south – Rivers	begin PR 250 north concurrence
126			PR 250 north – Sandy Lake	end PR 250 north concurrence
127			Mile 91N	formerly PR 473 east
139	Saskatchewan R.M.	Basswood	PR 270 – Rackham, Rapid City
149	Minto R.M.	Minnedosa	PTH 10 north – Erickson, Wasagaming, Dauphin PTH 16A east – Minnedosa	PTH 16 turns south begin PTH 10 south concurrence
151			PR 355 – Minnedosa, Cardale	PR 355 east enters Minnedosa as 6th Avenue NW
155	Odanah R.M.		PTH 10 south – Brandon, Boissevain	PTH 16 turns east end PTH 10 south concurrence
157			PTH 16A north / PR 262 – Minnedosa
169			PR 466 south
171	Langford R.M.		Franklin Road	formerly PR 466 north
177			PR 464 south – Brookdale
187		Neepawa	PTH 5 north – McCreary, Ste. Rose du Lac, Dauphin	begin PTH 5 south concurrence
188			PTH 5 south – Carberry, Glenboro, Cartwright	end PTH 5 south concurrence
203	Lansdowne R.M.		PR 352 – Birnie, Arden, Edrans
215	Westbourne R.M.		PR 260 north – Plumas
225		Gladstone	PTH 34 south – Austin, Holland, Pilot Mound	Pembroke Rd. (formerly PR 460 north) also intersects here
237		Woodside	PR 350 south – Katrime, MacGregor
245			PTH 50 north – Langruth, Alonsa, McCreary
252		Westbourne	PR 242 south – Bagot, Treherne, Somerset	begin PTH 242 north concurrence
254			PR 242 north – Lynch’s Point	end PR 242 north concurrence
256	Portage la Prairie R.M.		PR 227 east – Warren
266		Macdonald
267			Mile 71N	formerly PR 249 east PTH 16 turns south towards PTH 1
273		Bloom	PTH 1 (TCH) – Winnipeg, Portage la Prairie, Brandon PR 305 south – Hood Bridge	PTH 16 ends unnumbered Yellowhead Highway turns east and follows PTH 1 to Winnipeg

Alternate routes

• Minnedosa - Highway 16A