Provincial Trunk Highway 24 (PTH 24) is a provincial highway in the

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. It is an east–west route that runs from PTH 83 near Miniota, east through Oak River and

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to the junction of PTH 10 and PR 262 between Brandon and Minnedosa.

Route description

PTH 24 begins in the Rural Municipality of Prairie View at a junction with PTH 83 on the south side of Miniota. The highway heads east for the next several kilometers, crossing a small stream and a railroad line as it travels through the community of Arrow River, having an intersection with PR 474 shortly thereafter. It travels along the south side of Crandall, where it has a junction with PR 264, before crossing into the Rural Municipality of Hamiota. PTH 24 travels past several small lakes and ponds on its way to Parks Corner, where it crosses PTH 21 just a few kilometers south of the town of Hamiota. The highway now enters the Rural Municipality of Oakview and almost immediately travels through the town Oak River, where it runs concurrent (overlapped) with PR 354 and crosses the Oak River. It continues due east for several kilometers, traveling through rural farmland, where it has an intersection with PR 250, before suddenly curving southward as it becomes concurrent with PR 270 and enters

. The highway passes through a neighborhood and crosses a bridge over the

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, with PTH 24 splitting off shortly thereafter and following 2nd Avenue eastward along the north side of downtown. PTH 24 passes through several more neighborhoods before leaving Rapid City and heading east for a few kilometers, coming to an end at an intersection with PTH 10 (John Bracken Highway) at Tremaine, with the road continuing east as PR 262. The entire length of Manitoba Highway 24 is a rural, paved, two-lane highway.

History

The original PTH 24 went from PTH 22 (redesignated as ''PTH 83'' in 1953) near Melita to the

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boundary near

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. In 1949, this became part of PTH 3. PTH 24 was designated to its current location in 1956. Prior to 1956, the route, known as '' PTH 27'', started at PTH 10 at Tremaine and travelled west to Rapid City. From Rapid City, the highway turned north and terminated at PTH 16, then known as '' PTH 4'', east of

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. The north–south section of the old PTH 27 was decommissioned and redesignated as part of PR 270 in 1966. When PTH 24 was first added in 1956, the highway's western terminus was PTH 21 south of Hamiota, making the original length of the highway . It was extended to its current length in 1957.

Major intersections

Related route

Provincial Road 474 (PR 474) is a north–south spur of PTH 24 in the

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, connecting the hamlets of Arrow River and

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. It is entirely a two-lane gravel highway. PR 474 begins just east of Arrow River at an intersection with PTH 24 at the locality of Quadra, heading north to cross the Arrow River and traverse a switchback. It travels through rural farmland for several kilometres before entering Isabella, travelling along the hamlet's western side before the highway comes to an end at an intersection with PR 355. Prior to 1992, continued north a further via Road 148W, Road 90N, Road 150W, and what is now PR 472 to Solsgirth, where it ended at an intersection with the

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( PTH 16).

References

External links

Manitoba Official Map - Southwest
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