Manitoba Highway 17

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Highway 17
Teulon Rd
Beach Rd
Manitoba Provincial Road 229(Concurrency)
Clouston Rd
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Route information
Maintained by Manitoba Infrastructure
Length: 127 km (79 mi)
Existed: 1983 – present
Major junctions
East end: PTH 9 near Winnipeg Beach
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North end: PR 325 near Hodgson
Location
Rural
municipalities:
Towns: Teulon
Highway system
Manitoba provincial highways
PTH 16A PTH 18

Provincial Trunk Highway 17 (PTH 17) is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It runs from a junction with PR 325 near Hodgson to a junction with PTH 9 near Winnipeg Beach.

PTH 17 is signed as a north-south route from PR 325 to PTH 7 at Teulon and an east-west route from PTH 7 to PTH 9. The majority of the route is paved, with a gravel section between PTH 8 and PTH 9. The speed limit is 100 km/h (62 mph) except through urban areas.

The route near Narcisse can be very dangerous as thousands of snakes cross PTH 17 to get to/from the Narcisse Snake Dens. As snakes are run over by vehicles, the road becomes very slippery. A series of 'garter-snake fences' were built in this area to protect both the snakes and vehicle traffic.[citation needed]

History

Prior to 1964, PTH 17 was the designation of the route connecting PTH 3 near Crystal City to the Canada - US border. This highway is now the southernmost section of PTH 34.[1]

Originally, the section north of PR 231 (along with the section of PR 231 from there to PTH 7) was the northern configuration of PTH 7 between 1956 and 1966[2] before it was reconfigured to its current route. After PTH 7 was reconfigured to Arborg, the route was redesignated as PTH 16. The section south of what is now PR 231 was designated as PR 228. The route number was eliminated in 1979 when the Manitoba portion of the Yellowhead Highway was changed from PTH 4 to PTH 16 so that the route maintained one number throughout the four western provinces. PTH 16 was eliminated and it became an extension of PR 228 and PR 231.[3]

PTH 17 was designated in 1983, replacing part of PR 228, but its south end was at PTH 7. In 1987, PTH 17 was extended east to PTH 8, replacing the remainder of PTH 228. It extended east to its current end in 1989. This final extension is a gravel road.

Major intersections

Division Location km mi Destinations Notes
St. Andrews 0 0 PTH 9 – Gimli, Selkirk, Winnipeg Beach Eastern terminus
5 3.1 PTH 8 – Gimli, Winnipeg Paved highway begins
Rockwood
No major junctions
Town of Teulon 20 12 PTH 7 – Arborg, Winnipeg PTH 17 north begins
Rockwood
No major junctions
Armstrong 42 26 PR 229 east – Winnipeg Beach South end of PR 229 concurrency
Inwood 44 27 PR 416 south
46 29 PR 229 west North end of PR 229 concurrency
Narcisse 65 40 PR 231 east
76 47 PR 419 west – Chatfield, Lundar
Fisher Poplarfield 91 57 PTH 68 – Eriksdale, Arborg
103 64 PR 329 east – Morweena, Riverton
Fisher Branch 113 70 PR 233
127 79 Northern terminus; continues as PR 325 east
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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