Manitoba Highway 18

Highway 18
Route information
Maintained by Manitoba Infrastructure
Length:	64.6 km (40.1 mi)
Major junctions
South end:	ND 30 (St. John–Lena Border Crossing)
North end:	PTH 2 near Wawanesa
Location
Rural municipalities:	Glenboro – South Cypress Killarney-Turtle Mountain Prairie Lakes
Highway system
Manitoba provincial highways ← PTH 17 PTH 19 →

Provincial Trunk Highway 18 (PTH 18) is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is a north-south route; the southern terminus is the St. John–Lena Border Crossing at the Canada–United States border and the northern terminus is at PTH 2, 7.1 kilometres (4.4 miles) southeast of Wawanesa. The highway passes through the communities of Killarney and Ninette. It is designated as an RTAC route, meaning it 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.

History

PTH 18 was designated by 1928 from the United States border to south of Killarney. In 1929, it extended north to Wawanesa, replacing PTH 19.

Route description

St. John, North Dakota Hwy 30 is the USA port of exit for travelers from the United States to Canada. The rural municipality of Turtle Mountain, Manitoba is located just south of the Turtle Mountains Provincial Park. 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. 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. 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.

Traffic volume

PTH 18: AADT: annual average daily traffic

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.

— Manitoba Highways and Government Services, Manitoba Highway Traffic Information System.

Major intersections

Division	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Continues as ND 30 south – Rolla
Killarney-Turtle Mountain	​	0	0	St. John–Lena Border Crossing on the 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
Prairie Lakes	​	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
Glenboro – South Cypress	​	64.6	40.1	PTH 2 – Souris, Treherne
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• List of Manitoba provincial highways
• List of rural municipalities in Manitoba

External links

• Manitoba government Official Highway Map
• AMM - Association of Manitoba Municipalities
• Manitoba Highways