Provincial Trunk Highway 24 (PTH 24) is a provincial highway in the
Canadian province of
Manitoba
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. It is an east–west route that runs from
PTH 83 near
Miniota, east through
Oak River and
Rapid City
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to the junction of
PTH 10 and
PR 262 between
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
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and
Minnedosa.
History
The original PTH 24 went from
PTH 22 (redesignated as ''PTH 83'' in 1953) near
Melita to the
Saskatchewan
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boundary near
Gainsborough Gainsborough or Gainsboro may refer to:
Places
* Gainsborough, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
** Gainsborough Ward, Ipswich
* Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, a town in England
** Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)
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. In 1949, this became part of
PTH 3.
PTH 24 was designated to its current location in 1956. Prior to 1956, the route, known as ''
PTH 27'', started at PTH 10 at Tremaine and travelled west to Rapid City. From Rapid City, the highway turned north and terminated at
PTH 16, then known as ''
PTH 4'', east of
Basswood. The north–south section of the old PTH 27 was decommissioned and redesignated as part of
PR 270 in 1966.
When PTH 24 was first added in 1956, the highway's western terminus was
PTH 21 south of
Hamiota, making the original length of the highway . It was extended to its current length in 1957.
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Major intersections
References
External links
Manitoba Official Map - Southwest
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