Manitoba Highway 18
Provincial Trunk Highway 18 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation | ||||
| Length | 64.6 km[citation needed] (40.1 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  ND 30 (Canada–United States border) near St. John, North Dakota | |||
| North end |  PTH 2 near Wawanesa | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Manitoba | |||
| Rural municipalities | Turtle Mountain, Riverside, South Cypress | |||
| Towns | Killarney, Ninette | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Provincial Highway 18 (also known as Highway 18 or PTH 18) by the Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation is a Regional Transportation Advisory Committee RTAC Route of Manitoba is a north–south highway in southern Manitoba. Beginning near St. John, North Dakota the route travels through Killarney and Ninette ending at Highway 2, 7.1 km southeast of Wawanesa. The RTAC route is capable of handling RTAC vehicles such as a truck, a truck and pony trailer, a truck and full trailer, a truck tractor and semi-trailer, an A-train, a B-train, or a C-train.[1]
History
PTH 18 was designated by 1928 from North Dakota to south of Killarney. In 1929, it extended north to Wawanesa, replacing PTH 19.
Route description
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St. John, North Dakota Hwy 30 is the USA port of exit for travelers from the USA to Canada. The rural municipality of Turtle Mountain, Manitoba is located just south of the Turtle Mountains Provincial Park.[2] At the junction with PR 341 is the unincorporated area of Lena just north of the U.S.–Canada border which provides the Canadian port of entry for travellers from the United States. PTH 3 demarks the historic Boundary Commission Trail route which connected western communities to the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia. It ran just south of the community. North-West Mounted Police used the trail, as they travelled west to the Rockies in an effort to tame the prairie. The town of Killarney in Manitoba's Westman Region is situated on the banks of the Killarney Lake. Killarney has been touted as Canada's best retirement community by Canadian Living Magazine.[3] Agriculture is the main economic mainstay of this region in south Manitoba drawing 1,500 tourists to the lake and cottage country in the summer.[2] The CPR intersects PTH 18 at Killarney. Ninette is featured north of Pelican Lake and south of the small Bone Lake. Ninette Marina and the Yacht club Marina provides boat launch and harbour on Pelican Lake, the largest water body of southwestern Manitoba. The CNR intersects PTH 18 at Ninette. Pelican Lake Agri Fair and The Pelican Lake Regatta are summer festivals at Ninette.[4]
Traffic Volume
| Intersection | 1999 | 1995 | 1992 | 1989 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AADT | % Truck | AADT | % Truck | AADT | % Truck | AADT | % Truck | |
| PR 341 | 325 | 11.1 | 400 | 11.1 | 310 | 11.1 | 300 | 11.1 |
| PTH 23 | 760 | 7.2 | 900 | 7.2 | 770 | 7.2 | 880 | 7.2 |
| PTH 2 | 598 | 8.8 | 620 | 8.8 | 610 | 8.8 | 730 | 8.8 |
AADT annual average daily traffic which is an estimate of typical daily traffic for all days of the week over a one-year period.
— Source: Manitoba Highways and Government Services, Manitoba Highway Traffic Information System., [5]
Major intersections
| Division | Location | km[6] | mi | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Continues as  ND 30 south – Rolla | |||||||
| Killarney-Turtle Mountain | | 0 | 0.0 | Canada – United States border | |||
| | 8.3 | 5.2 |  PR 341 west – Lena | ||||
| | 9.9 | 6.2 |  PTH 3 east – Pilot Mound | south end of PTH 3 overlap | |||
| | 19.2 | 11.9 | PTH 3 west – Deloraine | north end of PTH 3 overlap | |||
| | 28.6 | 17.8 |  PR 253 east – Pleasant Valley | ||||
| Riverside | | 44.2 | 27.5 |  PTH 23 west – Minto, Hartney | south end of PTH 23 overlap | ||
| Ninette | 46.3 | 28.8 | PTH 23 east – Belmont, Swan Lake | north end of PTH 23 overlap | |||
| South Cypress | | 64.6 | 40.1 | PTH 2 – Souris, Treherne | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||||
See also
References
- ^ "Weights and Dimensions Compliance Guide". Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation. Government of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2007-08-11. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "Manitoba Community Profiles - Community Profile:Turtle Mountain, Manitoba". Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Manitoba Community Profiles - Community Profile:Killarney, Manitoba". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Manitoba Community Profiles - R.M. of Riverside Community Profile:". Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Prentice, Dr. Barry E.; Bekker, J. Jurgens; Lapkin, Meyer D. (July 2001). "TRANSPORTATION TRENDS IN MANITOBA" (PDF). University of Manitoba. Transport Institute. Retrieved 2008-04-12.[permanent dead link]
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