Provincial Road 256 (PR 256) is a provincial road in the southwest corner of the

Canadian province Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North ...

of Manitoba. At a length of , it is among the longer provincial roads in Manitoba. PR 256 begins as a gravel road at PTH 41 near McAuley and winds its way south, staying within 10 miles of the Saskatchewan border. After it crosses the Trans-Canada Highway at Elkhorn, PR 256 becomes a paved, two-lane highway and continues south to the Lyleton Port of Entry at the

Antler–Lyleton Border Crossing The Antler–Lyleton Border Crossing connects the cities of Antler, North Dakota and Pierson, Manitoba on the Canada–United States border. It is reached by North Dakota Highway 256 in Bottineau County on the American side and Manitoba Provincia ...

on the

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, located south of Pierson, in the extreme southwest corner of Manitoba. Man Prov Rd 256 marker

After crossing the international border, PR 256 becomes North Dakota Highway 256. In 2014, the

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moved into a new state-of-the-art facility at Lyleton, which is the most westerly Port of Entry into Manitoba, located only three miles from the Saskatchewan boundary.

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Manitoba Official Map
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