Perimeter Highway (Winnipeg)

Perimeter Highway
Winnipeg By-Pass
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Route information
Auxiliary route of PTH 1
Maintained by Manitoba Infrastructure
Length	89.5 km (55.6 mi)
Existed	1955–present
Component highways	PTH 100 PTH 101
Major junctions
Beltway around Winnipeg, Manitoba
East end	PTH 1 (TCH) / Route 135
West end	PTH 1 (TCH) / Route 85
PTH 100 (TCH) (South Perimeter Hwy)
Length	40.0 km (24.9 mi)
Major junctions	PTH 59 / Route 20 PTH 75 / Route 42 PTH 2 PTH 3 / Route 155
PTH 101 (North Perimeter Hwy)
Length	49.5 km (30.8 mi)
Major junctions	PTH 190 PTH 6 PTH 7 / Route 90 PTH 8 / Route 180 PTH 9 / Route 52 PTH 59 / Route 20 PTH 15 / Route 115
Location
Rural municipalities	East St. Paul Macdonald Rosser Springfield West St. Paul
Major cities	Winnipeg
Highway system
Manitoba provincial highways Winnipeg City Routes ← PTH 89 → PTH 110

Portage Ave interchange

Provincial Trunk Highways (PTH) 100 and 101, collectively known as the Perimeter Highway, form a beltway around the Canadian city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Perimeter Highway is approximately 90 km (56 mi) in length and serves as an alternate route around Winnipeg for through traffic, as there are no freeways in the city. The Perimeter Highway is often considered by local residents as Winnipeg's unofficial city limits, although approximately three-quarters of the highway lies outside the city in surrounding municipalities within the Winnipeg Metro Region.

Route[]

The beltway consists of two provincial highways connected at separate junctions with PTH 1, the Trans-Canada Highway (TCH), on the east and west sides of the Winnipeg. The North Perimeter highway is officially designated PTH 101 and is part of Canada's National Highway System. The South Perimeter highway is designated PTH 100 and is the official TCH bypass around Winnipeg but not part of the National Highway System. The entire route is a four-lane divided expressway with a mixture of interchanges and at-grade intersections. After many highway authorities in Canada have moved away from the cloverleaf interchange in favour of other designs, Winnipeg has the most cloverleafs of any city in Canada, with all six being on the Perimeter Highway.^{[citation needed]}

History[]

The highway was originally built in 1955 to bypass city centre rush hour traffic. This was done in lieu of a more expensive freeway system within the Capital Region. The South Perimeter Highway bridge across the Red River and roadway at Pembina Highway/PTH 75 south was constructed in 1958. The job was tendered to Peter Leitch Construction Ltd. at a cost of $188,670. In December 1957, Dominion Bridge was awarded the contract ($80,157) to supply the structural steel for the overpass.^[1] When constructed, the Perimeter Highway was located entirely in surrounding municipalities well outside of Winnipeg's official city limits, however roughly one-quarter of the highway is now inside proper city limits following the municipal amalgamation of Winnipeg in 1972.

The Perimeter Highway was originally unconnected between PTH 59 and PTH 15 as PTH 59 had received significant upgrades, making the need for a northeast section less pressing. PTH 59 continued to serve as the de facto northeast leg of the Perimeter until the mid-1990s, when PTH 59 and PTH 15 were connected. The last remaining two-lane section was the PTH 59 north interchange, which was upgraded over a three-year span ending in 2018.^[2][3] The highway now encircles Winnipeg as a four-lane roadway.

Improvements were made to the western segment of the highway in the early 2010s when PTH 190, Centreport Canada Way, was constructed. In addition to the interchange that connected to this new highway, a flyover was constructed over Saskatchewan Avenue (PR 425) and the adjacent railway crossing; and the median was closed at the entrance to Assiniboia Downs leaving only right-in/right-out access from the southbound side.

Shortly after the completion of the PTH 101/PTH 59 interchange, the province announced its long-term intention to upgrade the southern portion of the Perimeter Highway, PTH 100, to modern freeway standards. The first part of this plan was announced in 2018, when the Manitoba government declared an immediate three-year project to close uncontrolled access points to the Perimeter Highway, and construct several new service roads to direct vehicle traffic to controlled-access intersections. The government executed on the initial stage of this project in late 2018 by closing 12 medians and 23 left-turn accesses onto the Perimeter Highway.^[4] The final phase of this plan includes constructing proper left-turn lanes on the Perimeter Highway at Symington Road, as well as several new service roads that include Ethan Boyer Way, which will provide controlled access to the Brady Road Landfill;^[5] Rockall Road, which will provide controlled access to the Perimeter Highway from Headingley via Roblin Boulevard and Wilkes Avenue;^[6] and the Aimes Road/Melnick Road service road, which will create a direct link for businesses across the Seine River to the Perimeter Highway via St. Anne's Road. All work is expected to be complete by 2022.^[7]

Future plans[]

South Perimeter Highway, PTH 100: Continued planning is underway to upgrade the South Perimeter Highway, PTH100, to a controlled-access freeway.^[8] A Design Study was completed in 2019 and the full vision for the Perimeter Highway would be realized through two multi-year phases; and some of the upgrades will potentially tie in with a new by-pass around St. Norbert.^[9][10]

In 2020, the Manitoba government announced the first major upgrade from this plan, which would be to replace the traffic signals at St. Mary's Road with an interchange, construction for which is planned to begin in autumn 2021 and finish in 2023.^[11]

In June 2021, the Manitoba Government announced its intention to replace the traffic signals at PTH 3 (McGillivray Blvd) in Oak Bluff with a Diamond interchange. Engineering work is projected to begin in autumn 2021. Construction will tentatively start in late 2023, after the completion of the St. Mary's Road interchange.^[12]

North Perimeter Highway, PTH 101: In March 2021, the Manitoba Government introduced an intention to upgrade PTH 101 to full freeway status and released a Safety Review and a request for public engagement.^[13] At the same press release in which the new PTH 3 interchange was announced, the Manitoba Government provided an update on the status of the North Perimeter Highway, confirming that it had advertised a tender to close most of the remaining median openings and unsignalized, at-grade access points by autumn 2021. The first six closures are set to be completed by October, 2021.^[14]

While freeway planning commences, the Manitoba government will be commencing a short-term improvement to upgrade the intersection of PTH 101 and Wenzel Street.^[15]

The long-term goal is for the entire Perimeter Highway to be upgraded to a six-lane freeway. All upgrades are expected to take several decades to complete.

Exit list[]

Exit numbering begins at Fermor Avenue and increases clockwise.

Location	km	mi	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Perimeter Highway (PTH 101) continues north
Springfield	0.0	0.0	1	PTH 1 (TCH) / Fermor Avenue (Route 135 west) – Kenora	Cloverleaf interchange Signed as exits 1A (west) and 1B (east) PTH 100 (TCH) eastern terminus
	0.3	0.19		Canadian National Railway	Grade-separated; passes below highway
	2.0	1.2		Murdock Road north	Westbound (clockwise) right-in/right-out
	3.6	2.2		Symington Road	At grade
↑ / ↓	5.2	3.2		Plessis Road	Median closed, right-in/right-out access only
Winnipeg	6.8	4.2	8	PTH 59 / Lagimodiere Boulevard (Route 20 north) – St. Pierre-Jolys, Thief River Falls	Partial cloverleaf interchange Signed as exits 18A (north) and 18B (south)
	7.9	4.9		Melnick Road north Budd Road south	Westbound (clockwise) right-in/right-out Eastbound (counter-clockwise) right-in/right-out
	8.0	5.0		Canadian Pacific Railway	Level crossing
	8.1	5.0		Aimes Road north Sumka Road south	Westbound (clockwise) right-in/right-out Eastbound (counter-clockwise) right-in/right-out
	8.8	5.5		south / St. Anne's Road (Route 150 north)	At grade; traffic signals
	12.4	7.7		PR 200 south / St. Mary's Road (Route 52 north)	At grade; traffic signals
	14.0	8.7	Crosses the Red River
	14.1	8.8		Kilkenny Drive/Cloutier Drive	Grade separated; no access; passes below highway
	15.9	9.9	18	PTH 75 south / Pembina Highway (Route 42) – Morris, Emerson, Grand Forks	Cloverleaf interchange Signed as exits 18A (north) and 18B (south)
	16.2	10.1		Canadian National Railway	Grade-separated; passes below highway
	17.2	10.7		Waverley Street south	At grade; traffic signals
	17.9	11.1		Kenaston Boulevard (Route 90 north) to Waverley Street (Route 80 north)	At grade; traffic signals
↑ / ↓	20.2	12.6		Brady Road	No access, intersection permanently closed
Macdonald	21.4	13.3		PR 330 south – Domain, La Salle	At grade; traffic signals
	21.9	13.6		Canadian Pacific Railway	Level crossing
	23.1	14.4		Municipal Road 9E (La Salle Road)	Median closed, right-in/right-out access only
	24.7	15.3		Municipal Road 8E	Median closed, right-in/right-out access only
	26.4	16.4		Municipal Road 7E	No access, intersection permanently closed
	26.8	16.7		PTH 2 west (Red Coat Trail) – Treherne, Souris	At-grade Eastbound (counter-clockwise) right-in only
	28.0	17.4		PTH 3 to PTH 2 / McGillivray Blvd (Route 155 east) – Oak Bluff, Carman, Morden	At grade; traffic signals
	29.8	18.5		Oakland Road west Township Road 53NE east	Southbound (counter-clockwise) right-in/right-out Nouthbound (clockwise) right-in/right-out
	30.2	18.8		Central Manitoba Railway (CEMR)	Level crossing
	30.7	19.1		La Verendrye Road west	Southbound (counter-clockwise) right-in/right-out
↑ / ↓	31.0	19.3		Two Mile Road	Southbound (counter-clockwise) right-in/right-out
Winnipeg	35.3	21.9		PR 427 west / Wilkes Avenue (Route 145 east)	Partial cloverleaf interchange Signed as Exit (east) and Exit (west)
	35.3	21.9		Canadian National Railway	Grade-separated; passes below highway
	38.1	23.7	40	PR 241 west / Roblin Boulevard (Route 105 east) – Headingley	Partial cloverleaf interchange Signed as exits 40A (east) and 40B (west) counterclockwise
	38.6	24.0	Crosses the Assiniboine River
	38.6	24.0		Oxbow Bend Road	Grade separated; no access; passes below highway
	39.3	24.4		Oak Forest Crescent Augier Avenue	Southbound (counter-clockwise) right-in/right-out Northbound (clockwise) right-in
	40.0	24.9	42	PTH 1 (TCH) / Portage Avenue (Route 85 east) – Airport, Portage la Prairie, Brandon	Cloverleaf interchange Signed as exits 42A (east) and 42B (west) PTH 100 (TCH) western terminus / PTH 101 eastern terminus
	40.7	25.3		Service road – Assiniboia Downs	Southbound (counter-clockwise) right-in/right-out
	42.0	26.1		(Saskatchewan Avenue)	Grade separated; no access, passes below highway
	42.0	26.1		Canadian Pacific Railway	Grade-separated; passes below highway
	43.1	26.8	45	CentrePort Canada Way (PTH 190 east)	Partial cloverleaf interchange Signed as exits 45A (east) and 45B (west)
	44.0	27.3		Boychuk Road	No access, intersection permanently closed
Rosser	45.6	28.3		Selkirk Avenue / Township Road 63N	At grade
	47.3	29.4		Inkster Boulevard / Township Road 64N	No access, intersection permanently closed
	48.5	30.1	50	PR 221 (Rosser Road) – Marquette, Rosser	Partial cloverleaf interchange Signed as exits 50A (east) and 50B (west)
	48.5	30.1		Canadian Pacific Railway	Grade-separated; passes below highway
	51.2	31.8		Prairie Dog Trail	No access, intersection permanently closed
	51.3	31.9		Canadian National Railway	Level crossing
	52.1	32.4		PTH 6 north / Paterson Drive south – Ashern, Grand Rapids, Thompson	At grade; traffic signals
	52.9	32.9		Summit Road	No access, intersection permanently closed
	54.6	33.9		Sturgeon Road	At grade
	56.2	34.9		Klimpke Road	No access, intersection permanently closed
	57.9	36.0	60	PTH 7 to Brookside Boulevard (Route 90 south) – Airport, Stonewall, Arborg	Cloverleaf interchange Signed as exits 60A (South) and 60B (North)
	59.5	37.0		King Edward Street	No access, intersection permanently closed
	59.8	37.2		Canadian Pacific Railway	Level crossing
West St. Paul	62.8	39.0		PR 409 north (Pipeline Road)	At grade; traffic signals
	65.5	40.7		Second Street south / Holmes Road north	No access, intersection permanently closed
	66.8	41.5	69	PTH 8 north / McPhillips Street (Route 180 south) – Gimli	Cloverleaf interchange Signed as exits 69A (south) and 69B (north)
	68.7	42.7		Kapelus Drive north Prest Avenue south	Westbound (clockwise) right-in/right-out Eastbound (counter-clockwise) right-in/right-out
	69.0	42.9		Canadian Pacific Railway	Level crossing
	69.6	43.2	71	PTH 9 north / Main Street (Route 52 south) – Selkirk	Cloverleaf interchange Signed as exits 71A (south) and 71B (north)
↑ / ↓	70.3	43.7	Crosses the Red River
East St. Paul	70.7	43.9	72	PR 204 north / Henderson Highway (Route 42 south) – Lockport	Partial cloverleaf interchange Signed as exits 72A (south) and 72B (north)
	72.1– 74.6	44.8– 46.4	76	PTH 59 / Lagimodiere Boulevard (Route 20 south) – Grand Beach	Interchange[16] Signed as exits 76A (south) and 76B (north)
	76.2	47.3		Wenzel Street	At grade
↑ / ↓	77.0	47.8		Central Manitoba Railway (CEMR)	Level crossing
Springfield	79.2	49.2		Canadian Pacific Railway	Grade separated; passes below highway
↑ / ↓	80.2	49.8		Gunn Road west	At grade
Winnipeg	83.5	51.9		Canadian National Railway	Level crossing
↑ / ↓	83.6	51.9		PTH 15 east / Dugald Road (Route 115 west) – Dugald, Anola	At grade; traffic signals
Springfield	85.3	53.0		St. Boniface Road	Southbound (counter-clockwise) right-in/right-out
	87.0	54.1		Niakwa Road	No access, intersection permanently closed
	87.2	54.2		Greater Winnipeg Water District Railway (GWWDRR)	Level crossing
	88.6	55.1		Navin Road	No access, intersection permanently closed
	89.5 0.0	55.6 0.0	1	PTH 1 (TCH) / Fermor Avenue (Route 135 west) – Ste. Anne, Falcon Lake, Kenora	Cloverleaf interchange Signed as exits 1A (west) and 1B (east) PTH 101 eastern terminus
Perimeter Highway (PTH 100 (TCH)) continues south
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Closed/former       Incomplete access       Route transition       Unopened

See also[]

• Winnipeg Metro Region

External links[]

• Manitoba Infrastructure website
• Transcanadaghighway.com

References[]

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