Manitoba Highway 44
 Provincial Trunk Highway 44 | ||||
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| Historic Highway No. 1 | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Department of Infrastructure | ||||
| Length | 149 km (93 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1968–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  PTH 9 at Lockport | |||
 PTH 59 at Kirkness PTH 12 at Beausejour PTH 11 near Whitemouth | ||||
| East end |  PTH 1 (TCH) near West Hawk Lake | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Manitoba | |||
| Rural municipalities | ||||
| Towns | Beausejour | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Provincial Trunk Highway 44 (PTH 44) is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
It begins at Highway 9 near Lockport, north of Winnipeg. The highway travels east through Beausejour before heading southeast in concurrency with Highway 11 for approximately 20 kilometres (12 miles) and then continues southeast through Whiteshell Provincial Park. PTH 44 ends at the Trans-Canada Highway near the Ontario boundary. It becomes very narrow as it passes through the Wilderness of the Park, and is very hilly and winding.[citation needed] The speed limit along Highway 44 is 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph).
History
Highway 44 was originally part of PTH 1.[1] When the new PTH 1 route was completed as part of the Trans-Canada Highway project in 1958, this section of Highway 1 became part of transprovincial Highway 4 (along with current Highways 9, 16, and 26).[2] The highway was renumbered to its current designation in 1968.[3]
Major intersections
| Division | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| St. Andrews | Lockport | 0.0 | 0.0 | PTH 9 – Gimli, Selkirk, Winnipeg | PTH 44 western terminus |
| 0.9 | 0.56 |  PR 238 south (River Road) | |||
| ↑ / ↓ | 1.1– 1.6 | 0.68– 0.99 | Crosses the Red River | ||
| St. Clements | 1.8 | 1.1 |  PR 204 south (Henderson Highway) – Winnipeg | West end of PR 204 concurrency | |
| | 2.1– 2.4 | 1.3– 1.5 | Crosses the Red River Floodway | ||
| | 2.4– 2.8 | 1.5– 1.7 | PR 204 north (Henderson Highway) – Selkirk | Interchange; east end of PR 204 concurrency | |
| Kirkness | 6.0– 6.8 | 3.7– 4.2 | PTH 59 – Grand Beach, Victoria Beach, Winnipeg | Interchange | |
| | 8.6 | 5.3 |  PR 206 south – Dugald, Landmark, Oakbank | ||
| | 13.5 | 8.4 |  PR 212 – Cooks Creek, East Selkirk | ||
| Brokenhead | Tyndall–Garson | 18.5 | 11.5 | Gillis Street | |
| | 23.4 | 14.5 | PTH 12 south – Grand Beach, Ste. Anne, Steinbach | West end of PTH 12 concurrency | |
| Town of Beausejour | 31.6 | 19.6 | First Street | Former PTH 4B | |
| 33.2 | 20.6 | PTH 12 north – Grand Beach | PTH 44 branches south; East end of PTH 12 concurrency | ||
| 34.9 | 21.7 |  PR 215 west (Park Avenue) PR 302 south – Richer, La Broquerie | PTH 44 branches east; former PTH 4B | ||
| Brokenhead | Seddons Corner | 49.6 | 30.8 |  PR 214 north (Milner Ridge Road) | Former PTH 11 |
| Whitemouth | | 65.2 | 40.5 | PTH 11 north – Lac du Bonnet, Powerview-Pine Falls | PTH 44 turns southeast; west end of PTH 11 concurrency |
| | 75.0 | 46.6 |  PR 408 north – River Hills | ||
| Whitemouth | 79.3 | 49.3 | Railway Avenue | ||
| | 81.7 | 50.8 |  PR 406 south – Elma | PTH 11 / PTH 44 turns east | |
| | 85.2 | 52.9 | PTH 11 south – Hadashville, Elma | East end of PTH 11 concurrency | |
| No. 1 | | 115.0 | 71.5 | Enters Whiteshell Provincial Park | |
| | 115.9 | 72.0 |  PR 307 north – White Lake | ||
| | 141.3 | 87.8 |  PR 312 east – Ingolf | PTH 44 turns south before PR 312 junction | |
| | 146.4 | 91.0 |  PR 301 west – Falcon Lake | ||
| West Hawk Lake | 147.2 | 91.5 | unnamed road | Former PTH 1; PTH 44 turns south | |
| | 148.7 | 92.4 | PTH 1 (TCH) – Kenora, Winnipeg | Interchange; PTH 44 eastern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1956". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
- ^ "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1959". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
- ^ "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1968". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
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