Provincial Trunk Highway 1A (PTH 1A) is the name used for two provincial primary highways located in the Canadian province of
Manitoba
Manitoba ( ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population o ...
. One is located within the city of
Portage la Prairie
Portage la Prairie () is a small city in the Central Plains Region of Manitoba, Canada. As of 2016, the population was 13,304 and the land area of the city was .
Portage la Prairie is approximately west of Winnipeg, along the Trans-Canada Hig ...
and the other, within and west of the city of
Brandon
Brandon may refer to:
Names and people
*Brandon (given name), a male given name
* Brandon (surname), a surname with several different origins
Places
Australia
*Brandon, a farm and 19th century homestead in Seaham, New South Wales
*Brandon, Q ...
.
Portage la Prairie section
The section of PTH 1A at Portage la Prairie is also known as Saskatchewan Avenue and like most alternate spurs, it was the old route of
PTH 1 until its current alignment was built. The highway is an alternate route that goes through Portage la Prairie. The highway in Portage la Prairie is westbound and eastbound. The speed limit is within city limits unless otherwise posted, becoming on both sides approaching PTH 1.
The highway received its current designation after the Portage la Prairie bypass was completed and opened to traffic in 1970.
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Brandon section
This section serves Manitoba's second largest city, Brandon. As noted in the Portage la Prairie section, this was the original route for PTH 1 through Brandon prior to 1959.
PTH 1A is known as 1st Street north-south and Victoria Avenue east-west inside the city limits, and maintains an east-west designation for the entire route. The route is often used by trucks and
bus
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es to Brandon, as well as commuters and tourists and campers. The speed limit is mostly in the suburban area, and in the rural areas. The length of the highway is .
Large trucks travelling eastbound are not permitted to travel on the rural section of PTH 1A between Brandon and the
Trans-Canada Highway
The Trans-Canada Highway ( French: ; abbreviated as the TCH or T-Can) is a transcontinental federal–provincial highway system that travels through all ten provinces of Canada, from the Pacific Ocean on the west coast to the Atlantic Ocean o ...
near
Kemnay
Kemnay ( Gaelic: ''Camnaidh'') is a village west of Aberdeen in Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
History
The village name ''Kemnay'' is believed to originate from the Celtic words that mean "little crook in the river" due to the village loc ...
due to a very low
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway (french: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadi ...
bridge which passes over the highway just east of the small community; oversized trucks travelling westbound are rerouted on to a gravel road connecting PTH 1A and the Trans-Canada Highway less than east of the underpass. Not only is the height of the bridge over the highway substandard (), there is no shoulder on either side of the highway. These factors make for a very tight entry into this area for both eastbound and westbound motorists. Despite the efforts of the Manitoba government to prevent oversized trucks from attempting to travel under this bridge (which include flashing overhead signs alerting overheight vehicles of the bridge and other signs directing these vehicles to either turn around and/or detour), there are still numerous incidents of trucks either crashing into the bridge or getting stuck in the opening, causing extended closures of the route. Eastbound traffic on the Trans-Canada Highway encounters a sign advising vehicles above the 3.7m limit requiring access to Brandon to continue traveling on PTH 1 approximately before the junction.
The highway received its current designation when PTH 1 was configured around Brandon in 1959.
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References
External links
Official Highway Map of Manitoba - Portage la PrairieOfficial Highway Map of Manitoba - BrandonOfficial Name and Location- Declaration of Provincial Trunk Highways Regulation - The Highways and Transportation Act - Provincial Government of Manitoba
- Published and maintained by the Department of Infrastructure - Provincial Government of Manitoba (see Legend and Map#1 & 2)
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Former segments of the Trans-Canada Highway