Manitoba Highway 83
![]() Provincial Trunk Highway 83 | ||||
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Maintained by Department of Infrastructure | ||||
Length | 402 km (250 mi) | |||
Existed | 1953–present | |||
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Country | Canada | |||
Province | Manitoba | |||
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Provincial Trunk Highway 83 (PTH 83) is a 402 kilometres (250 mi) long, major north-south highway that runs in the far western region of the Canadian province of Manitoba. It travels from the North Dakota border south of Melita, north through Virden, Birtle, Russell, and Roblin to its northern terminus with PTH 10 in the town of Swan River. Along with US 83, PTH 83 is part of a continuously numbered north-south highway in North America with a combined distance of 3,450 kilometres (2,140 mi).
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PTH 83 travels no further than 32 kilometres (20 mi) east of the Saskatchewan border, and comes within 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) of the provincial boundary from the junction with PR 487 just north of Benito to the junction with PTH 57.
History
PTH 83 first appeared on the 1953 Manitoba Highway Map.[1]
Prior to 1953, PTH 83 was originally numbered as Highway 22. In 1953, the government re-designated it to match U.S. Route 83. As well, the current section of the highway between Russell and Swan River was known as Highway 31.[2]
Originally, the highway's northern terminus was at the Trans-Canada Highway in Virden, making the original length of the highway 104 kilometres (65 mi). The section of PTH 83 between the Trans-Canada Highway and Birtle was opened to traffic in 1954. At the same time, the highway was extended to Swan River, replacing Highway 31.
A small portion of PTH 83 between Roblin and Russell was reconstructed due to a large slide that occurred in early July 2012. The area affected was located one kilometre north of PR 366 at the bottom of the Shell Valley with traffic detoured around that portion of highway. The slide became serious enough to close the road on July 2. The area which was closed had encountered numerous slides in previous years. It was once home to a lookout point over the Assessippi Valley. That lookout point was declared unsafe and was closed during a previous partial collapse of the road.[3]
Major intersections
Division | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes | |||
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Two Borders | | 0 | 0.0 | ![]() ![]() | Continuation into North Dakota | |||
Canada–United States border at Westhope–Coulter Border Crossing | ||||||||
| 8 | 5.0 | ![]() | South end of PR 251 concurrency | ||||
| 12 | 7.5 | ![]() | North end of PR 251 concurrency | ||||
| 22 | 14 | ![]() | South end of PTH 3 concurrency | ||||
Town of Melita | 35 | 22 | ![]() | |||||
36 | 22 | ![]() | North end of PTH 3 concurrency | |||||
Two Borders | | 43 | 27 | ![]() | ||||
| 51 | 32 | ![]() | |||||
Pipestone | Pipestone | 69 | 43 | ![]() | ||||
| 87 | 54 | ![]() | |||||
Wallace – Woodworth | No major junctions | |||||||
Town of Virden | 100 | 62 | ![]() | |||||
Wallace – Woodworth | | 104 | 65 | ![]() ![]() | South end of PTH 1 concurrency | |||
| 110 | 68 | ![]() | North end PTH 1 west concurrency | ||||
| 116 | 72 | Mile 66N | Former PR 441 west | ||||
Prairie View | | 133 | 83 | ![]() | ||||
| 134 | 83 | Crosses the Assiniboine River | |||||
Miniota | 137 | 85 | ![]() | |||||
| 152 | 94 | ![]() | |||||
| 163 | 101 | ![]() | |||||
Birtle | 169 | 105 | ![]() | South end of PTH 42 concurrency | ||||
| 172 | 107 | ![]() | North end of PTH 42 concurrency | ||||
| 182 | 113 | ![]() ![]() | South end of PTH 16 concurrency | ||||
Foxwarren | 189 | 117 | ![]() | |||||
Prairie View–Russell – Binscarth boundary | | 200 | 120 | ![]() | ||||
Russell – Binscarth | | 201 | 125 | ![]() | ||||
Binscarth | 204 | 127 | ![]() | |||||
| 214 | 133 | Mile 116N | Former PR 479 east | ||||
| 217 | 135 | ![]() | |||||
Russell | 220 | 140 | ![]() | |||||
221 | 137 | ![]() ![]() | North end of PTH 16 concurrency | |||||
| 231 | 144 | ![]() | Former PR 254 east | ||||
Riding Mountain West | | 241 | 150 | ![]() | ||||
| 243 | 151 | ![]() | |||||
| 245 | 152 | Crosses the Shell River | |||||
Roblin | | 257 | 160 | Mile 141N | Former PR 589 east | |||
| 271 | 168 | ![]() | |||||
Roblin | 276 | 171 | ![]() | Inspections off-set; PTH 5 concurrency (200m) across the CNR tracks | ||||
| 279 | 173 | Mile 153N | Former PR 594 east | ||||
| 280 | 170 | ![]() | |||||
| 289 | 180 | Mile 180N | Former PR 483 east | ||||
| 295 | 183 | ![]() | |||||
| 299 | 186 | Mile 169W | Former PR 592 south | ||||
| 302 | 188 | ![]() | |||||
| 312 | 194 | ![]() | |||||
Duck Mountain Provincial Forest | | 333 | 207 | ![]() | ||||
Swan Valley West | | 349 | 217 | Mile 192N (Alpine Road) | Former PR 586 north | |||
| 359 | 223 | ![]() | |||||
Benito | 362 | 225 | ||||||
| 366 | 227 | ![]() | Former PR 588 north | ||||
| 374 | 232 | ![]() | Former PR 586 south | ||||
Kenville | 387 | 240 | ![]() | |||||
| 394 | 245 | ![]() | |||||
| 397 | 247 | ![]() | |||||
Town of Swan River | 402 | 250 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | PTH 83 northern 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; 1953". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
- ^ "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1952". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
- ^ "'Highway to heck' now just Highway 83". Winnipeg Sun. 19 December 2012.
External links
Media related to Manitoba Highway 83 at Wikimedia Commons
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