Manitoba Highway 5

Highway 5
Northern Woods and Water Route (section) Northern Cypress Trail (section)
Route information
Length:	401 km (249 mi)
Existed:	1928 – present
Major junctions
South end:	ND 4 (Canada–United States border) south of Cartwright
	PTH 3 PTH 23 PTH 2 PTH 1 (TCH) PTH 16 (TCH) PTH 19 PTH 50 PTH 68 PTH 20 PTH 10 PTH 83
West end:	Hwy 10west of Roblin
Location
Major cities:	Dauphin
Towns:	Cartwright, Glenboro, Carberry, Neepawa, McCreary, Ste. Rose du Lac, Gilbert Plains, Grandview, Roblin
Highway system
Manitoba provincial highways ← PTH 4 PTH 6 →

Provincial Trunk Highway 5 (PTH 5) is a provincial highway in Manitoba, Canada.

The highway starts at the U.S. border and ends at the Saskatchewan boundary 13.6 kilometres west of Roblin. Along the way it passes through the communities of Cartwright, Glenboro, Carberry, Neepawa, McCreary, Ste. Rose Du Lac, Grandview, Gilbert Plains.

The highway, running concurrently with PTH 10, bypasses the City of Dauphin (PTH 5A / 10A run through Dauphin).

Between the western junction with PTH 10 and Ste. Rose Du Lac, this segment is called the Northern Woods and Water Route. The highway is also the main route through Spruce Woods Provincial Park between Glenboro and Carberry.

PTH 5, along with PTH 20 and PTH 50, has the distinction of being both a north-south and east-west highway, although PTH 20 maintains its north-south designation for the entire route. From the Canada–United States border to PTH 68 east of Ste. Rose du Lac, PTH 5 is designated as a north-south highway. From PTH 68 to the Saskatchewan border, the highway's designation changes to east-west.

History

Prior to 1980, the southern terminus for PTH 5 was at PTH 16 (PTH 4 prior to 1977) in Neepawa, making the original length of the highway 246 kilometres (153 mi).^[1]

In 1980, the highway was extended to its current southbound terminus, replacing PR 258 between Neepawa and PTH 3 at Cartwright, via Glenboro and Carberry, and PTH 28 between the U.S. border and Cartwright.^[2]

The section between PTH 20 and PTH 10 south of Dauphin was completed and opened to traffic in 1959. Prior to this, PTH 5 turned north at Ochre River and entered Dauphin from the east along what is now PTH 20 and PTH 20A. PTH 5 met PTH 10 south in Dauphin's city centre, from which the two highways continued out of the city in concurrence following the current PTH 5A/10A route (2nd Avenue N.W. / Buchanon Ave.).^[3]

Major intersections

Division	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Cartwright – Roblin	​	0	0.0	ND 4 south – Hansboro, Jamestown	North Dakota state line
	​	10	6.2	PTH 3 – Killarney, Pilot Mound
Grassland	​			Rock Lake	former PR 541 east
	​	32	20	PR 253 east – Glenora	south end of PR 253 overlap
	​	34	21	PR 253 west – Pleasant Valley	north end of PR 253 overlap
	​	47	29	PTH 23 – Ninette, Baldur, Swan Lake
	​	60	37	Road 34 North - Bruxelles	former PR 245 east
Glenboro – South Cypress	​	70	43	PTH 2 – Souris, Holland
North Cypress – Langford	​	108	67	PR 351 – Carberry
	​	111	69	PTH 1 (TCH) – Brandon, Portage la Prairie, Winnipeg
	​	125	78	Road 70 North - Wellwood	former PR 353 east
	​	134	83	PR 353 west – Brookdale
	​	142	88	Road 75 North	former PR 465 west
	Neepawa	154	96	PTH 16 (TCH) east – Portage la Prairie	south end of PTH 16 overlap
		155	96	PTH 16 (TCH) west – Minnedosa, Shoal Lake, Russell	north end of PTH 16 overlap
Rosedale	​	167	104	PR 471 west – Clanwilliam
	​	172	107	PR 265 west – Polonia, Eden	south end of PR 265 overlap
	​	174	108	PR 265 east – Plumas	north end of PR 265 overlap
	​	179	111	PR 357 west – Mountain Road
	​	181	112	PR 352 south – Birnie
	​	194	121	PR 261 east – Glenella
McCreary	​	207	129	PTH 19 west – Riding Mountain Park
	​	212	132	PR 462 south
	​	217	135	PTH 50 east / PR 361 west – Mount Agassiz, McCreary, Alonsa
Ste. Rose	​	230	140	PR 360 north / PR 480 west – Laurier
	​	241	150	PR 360 south – Ste. Amélie	former PR 581 east
	​	247	153	PTH 68 east – Eriksdale	former PR 235 east PTH 5 signage changes between north-south and east-west
	​	248	154	PR 276 north – Ste. Rose du Lac
Lakeshore	​	258	160	PR 480 south – Makinak
	​	264	164	PTH 20 north / PR 582 south – Ochre River, Winnipegosis
Dauphin	​	284	176	PTH 10 south – Riding Mountain Park, Brandon	east end of PTH 10 overlap
	​	288	179	PTH 5A west / PTH 10A north – Dauphin
	​	294	183	PTH 5A east / PTH 10A south – Dauphin
	​	302	188	PR 274 south – Keld
Gilbert Plains	​	310	190	PTH 10 north – Swan River	west end of PTH 10 overlap
	Gilbert Plains	324	201	PR 274 – Keld, Venlaw
Grandview	Grandview	339	211	PR 366 – Duck Mountain Provincial Park
Hillsburg – Roblin – Shell River	​	363	226	PR 584 – Petlura, Shortdale
	​	376	234	PR 583 west
	​	379	235	PR 591 north
	Roblin	386	240	PTH 83 north – Swan River	east end of PTH 83 overlap
		386	240	PTH 83 south – Russell	west end of PTH 83 overlap
	​	393	244	PR 484 north
	​	400	250	PR 482 south – Dropmore, Shellmouth
	​	401	249	Hwy 10 west – Yorkton	Saskatchewan province line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map: Bing / Google

1. "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map 1964". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
2. "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map 1979/80". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
3. "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map 1958". Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.