Manitoba Highway 14

Highway 14
Route information
Maintained by Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation
Length:	50.2 km[citation needed] (31.2 mi)
Major junctions
West end:	PTH 3 near Winkler
	PTH 32 PTH 30
East end:	PTH 75 (Lord Selkirk Highway)
Location
Rural municipalities:	Stanley, Rhineland, Montcalm
Major cities:	Winkler
Highway system
Manitoba provincial highways ← PTH 13 PTH 15 →

Provincial Highway 14 (also known as Highway 14 or PTH 14) 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]

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 the PTH 3 turn. The westerly leg of PTH 3 continues the route of PTH 14. The eastern terminus is at the T-intersection with PTH 75, the Lord Selkirk Highway. 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. Montcalm, Manitoba rural municipality 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]

Junction list

Rural municipality	Location	Km[11]	Roads intersected	Notes
Stanley		0	PTH 3 – Morden, Carman, Winnipeg	Continues west on PTH 3
city	Winkler	5	PTH 32 south – Walhalla PR 428 north – Roland
Rhineland	Plum Coulee	18.5	PR 306
	Rosenfeld	33.6	PTH 30 south – Altona, Gretna PR 332 north – Lowe Farm, Starbuck
Montcalm		50.2	PTH 75 – Winnipeg, Morris, Emerson
	1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• List of Manitoba provincial highways
• List of rural municipalities in Manitoba

References

1. ^ "Manitoba Transportation & Government Services". Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation. Government of Manitoba. http://www.gov.mb.ca/mit/transreg/compreg/wdcompguide.html. Retrieved 2008-03-30. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "M A N I T O B A ) Order No. 130/03 ) THE HIGHWAYS PROTECTION ACT ...". Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation. Government of Manitoba. August 27, 2003. http://www.pub.gov.mb.ca/pdf/highway/130-03.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-30. 
3. ^ [M A N I T O B A ) Order No. 172/03 ) THE HIGHWAYS PROTECTION ACT ... "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. M A N I T O B A ) Order No. 172/03 ) THE HIGHWAYS PROTECTION ACT .... Retrieved 2008-03-30. 
4. ^ "Motor Carrier Enforcement Programs – RTAC Routes". Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation. Government of Manitoba. http://www.gov.mb.ca/mit/transreg/compreg/rtacroutes.html. Retrieved 2008-03-30. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ "Official Highway Map". Government of Manitoba. http://www.gov.mb.ca/mit/map/index.html. Retrieved 2008-03-30. 
6. ^ Klages, Alex (September 3, 2006). "Manitoba Highways". Archived from the original on 2008-07-20. http://web.archive.org/web/20080720010010/http://qaz1.bannerland.org/MBHwys/2-49.html. Retrieved 2008-03-30. 
7. ^ "Rural Municipality of Stanley, Manitoba, Canada". http://www.rmofstanley.ca/. Retrieved 2008-03-30. ^{[dead link]}
8. ^ "Manitoba Community Profiles - Community Profile:Winkler, Manitoba". http://www.communityprofiles.mb.ca/cgi-bin/csd/index.cgi?id=4603050. Retrieved 2008-03-30. ^{[dead link]}
9. ^ "Manitoba Community Profiles - Community Profile:Plum Coulee, Manitoba". http://www.communityprofiles.mb.ca/cgi-bin/csd/index.cgi?id=4603042. Retrieved 2008-03-30. ^{[dead link]}
10. ^ ^{a b} "Manitoba Community Profiles - Community Profile:Rhineland, Manitoba". Archived from the original on 2007-11-09. http://web.archive.org/web/20071109215804/http://www.communityprofiles.mb.ca/cgi-bin/csd/index.cgi?id=4603036. Retrieved 2008-03-30. 
11. ^ Microsoft Corporation Redmond Washington. Microsoft Streets and Tips (Map) (2004 ed.). 

External links

• Manitoba government Official Highway Map
• AMM - Association of Manitoba Municipalities