Manitoba Highway 6

Provincial Trunk Highway 6 (PTH 6) is a provincial primary highway located in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It runs from the Perimeter Highway of Winnipeg to the Thompson south city limits. It is also the main highway connecting Winnipeg to northern Manitoba. The speed limit is 100 km/h. The route is also used to deliver nickel from the Thompson mine to the Royal Canadian Mint in Winnipeg. The portion of the highway between Ponton and Thompson was known as Highway 391 prior to 1986.^[1]

Provincial Trunk Highway 6
Northern Woods and Water Route (section) Mystery Lake Rd
PTH 6 highlighted in red.
Route information
Maintained by Manitoba Infrastructure
Length	732 km (455 mi)
Existed	1947–present
Major junctions
South end	PTH 101 near Winnipeg
Major intersections	PTH 67 PTH 68 PTH 60 PTH 39
North end	Thompson city limits highway continues as PR 391
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Rural municipalities	Coldwell Grahamdale Rockwood Rosser St. Laurent West Interlake Woodlands
Major cities	Thompson
Towns	Grand Rapids
Highway system
Provincial highways in Manitoba Winnipeg City Routes
← PTH 5 → PTH 7

There have been talks of extending PTH 6 further north from Thompson to Churchill and the Nunavut border. If plans to make a highway in Nunavut connecting from Churchill, and Arviat, Nunavut to Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut go through, then the first ever major road connection to Nunavut will be made.^[2]

Route history

In 1928, PTH 6 was originally designated to travel from Minnedosa to the Saskatchewan border southwest of Benito via Dauphin and Swan River.^[3] In 1938–1939, the section east of Swan River became part of PTH 10.^[4] The remainder was redesignated as PTH 31 and PTH 49 in 1947, with PTH 6 being designated to its current route at that time.^[5]

When it was designated to its current route, PTH 6 travelled from Winnipeg as far as Gypsumville. The highway was extended from Gypsumville to Grand Rapids in 1964,^[6] followed by a further expansion to PR 391 at Ponton in 1972.^[7]

The last section of PTH 6 from Ponton to Thompson was designated in 1987, when the section of PR 391 between Thompson and PTH 10 was decommissioned. The section of the former PR 391 between Ponton and PTH 10 was redesignated as PTH 39.^[8]

Major intersections

Division	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Rosser	​	0	0.0	PTH 101 (Perimeter Highway) – Winnipeg	southern terminus of PTH 6 east end of Northern Woods and Water Route
	​	1	0.62	PR 236 north – Stonewall	south end of PR 236 overlap
	​	2	1.2	PR 236 west	north end of PR 236 overlap
	​	8	5.0	Road 3 East	former PR 334 south
	Grosse Isle	14	8.7	PR 322 north – Argyle
Rockwood		15	9.3	PR 321 east – Stony Mountain
Woodlands	​	23	14	PTH 67 east – Stonewall
	Warren	25	16	PR 227 west – Westbourne
	​	35	22	PR 323 east – Argyle
	Woodlands	39	24	PR 518 north
	​	44	27	PR 411 west
	​	46	29	PR 248 south – Marquette, Elie
	Lake Francis	58	36	Road 88 North	former PR 414 west
St. Laurent	St. Laurent	68	42	PR 415 east
Coldwell	Oak Point	80	50	Oakdale Drive	former PR 511 east
	Clarkleigh	91	57	PR 229 east – Inwood
	Lundar	104	65	PR 419 – Lundar Beach, Chatfield
West Interlake	Eriksdale	123	76	PTH 68 east / PR 417 west – Dog Creek Indian Reserve, Arborg	south end of PTH 68 overlap
	​	133	83	PTH 68 west – Ste. Rose du Lac, The Narrows	north end of PTH 68 overlap; former PR 235 west Northern Woods and Water Route continues west
	Ashern	162	101	PR 325 west – Ste. Rose du Lac	south end of PR 325 overlap
		164	102	PR 325 east – Hodgson	north end of PR 325 overlap
Grahamdale	Moosehorn	174	108	PR 237 west – Watchorn Provincial Park	south end of PR 237 overlap
	​	176	109	PR 237 east	north end of PR 237 overlap
	Steep Rock Junction	195	121	PR 239 west – Steep Rock
Pinaymootang First Nation	​	223	139	Bridge over Fairford River
Grahamdale	St. Martin Junction	237	147	PR 513 east – Gypsumville, Dauphin River
	​	240	150	PR 328 west – Waterhen
	​	243	151	Road 190 North – Gypsumville	former PR 513 east
No. 21	​	380	240	PTH 60 west – Easterville, The Pas, Flin Flon	former PR 327 west
	Grand Rapids	414	257	Bridge over Saskatchewan River
No. 22	​	579	360	PTH 39 west – Snow Lake, Flin Flon, The Pas	former PR 391 west
	​	610	380	PR 373 east – Jenpeg, Norway House, Cross Lake
	​	627	390	Fleming Drive – Wabowden
	Mystery Lake	702	436	PR 375 east – Paint Lake Provincial Park
City of Thompson		732	455	PR 391 north (Mystery Lake Road) / Burntwood Road – Leaf Rapids, Lynn Lake	northern terminus of PTH 6
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

1. Manitoba Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. 1986. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
2. "Nunavut/Manitoba Business Case" (PDF). NISHI-KHON/SNC-LAVALIN. 2010. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
3. Manitoba Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. 1928. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
4. Manitoba Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. 1938. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
5. Manitoba Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. 1947. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
6. Manitoba Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. 1964. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
7. Manitoba Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. 1972. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
8. Manitoba Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. 1987. Retrieved September 17, 2021.

External links

• Official Name and Location - Declaration of Provincial Trunk Highways Regulation - The Highways and Transportation Act - Provincial Government of Manitoba
• Official Highway Map - Published and maintained by the Department of Infrastructure - Provincial Government of Manitoba (see Legend and Map#2, 4, 5, 6 & 7)
• Google Maps Search - Provincial Trunk Highway 6

Route map:

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