Provincial Road 268 (PR 268), known locally as the Lenswood Highway, is a provincial road in the
Canadian province
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of
Manitoba
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.
Route description
Provincial Road 268 starts east of the town of
Minitonas
Minitonas is an unincorporated urban community in the Municipality of Minitonas – Bowsman, Manitoba, Canada. It is surrounded by the Swan Valley and is located 15 km east of the Town of Swan River. The community is close to the Duck Mo ...
, and goes from
Highway 10
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* Smith Street Motorway (Queensland)
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to the village of
Birch River. This allows a traveller to bypass the town of
Swan River completely. The highway is a faster route to Birch River than if one were to continue down Highway 10 to Swan River before turning north towards the village. The highway has four bridges, over the Sinclair River, Swan River,
Woody River
Woody River is a river in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The river's source is in the Porcupine Hills and Porcupine Provincial Forest of eastern Saskatchewan. From there it flows south through boreal forest and then east ...
, and Birch River. The Swan River bridge is the northernmost crossing of the Swan River. The bridge was replaced in October 2012 because the old one was too narrow.
Next to the Swan River is the small community of
Lenswood, for which the highway is named.
References
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Year 268 ( CCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Paternus and Egnatius (or, less frequently, year 1021 ...
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