Manitoba Provincial Road 254
 Provincial Road 254 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Department of Infrastructure | ||||
| Length | 118.7 km (73.8 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1966–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  PR 251 near Goodlands | |||
| North end |  PR 259 near Virden | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Manitoba | |||
| Rural municipalities | Brenda-Waskada, Grassland, Sifton, Wallace-Woodworth | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Provincial Road 254 (PR 254) is a 118.7-kilometre-long (73.8 mi) north–south highway in the Westman Region of Manitoba. It connects the communities of Medora, Lauder, Grande-Clairière, Oak Lake Beach, and the town of Oak Lake. It also provides access to Oak Lake and Oak Lake Provincial Park. PR 254 does cross bridges over both the Souris River and the Assiniboine River. Besides two short paved sections, one in downtown Medora and the other being between Oak Lake Beach and the Trans-Canada Highway, the highway is entirely an unpaved two-lane gravel road.
Route description
[edit]PR 254 begins in the Municipality of Brenda-Waskada at an intersection with PR 251 just east of Goodlands. It heads north as an unpaved gravel road, going through a switchback before travelling through Medora along Third Street, where it crosses a small creek, a railroad, and has a short concurrency (overlap) with PTH 3 (Boundary Commission Trail). Entering the Municipality of Grassland, the highway travels past the community of Lauder before a junction with PR 345. PR 254 now makes a sharp left turn to travel just north of the Maple Grove Colony and cross the Souris River. It now winds its way back and forth as it traverses the Lauder Sand Hills and passes through Grande-Clairière, where it makes an sharp turn to the north at an intersection with PR 541.
Entering the Rural Municipality of Sifton, PR 254 intersects PTH 2 (Red Coat Trail) just west of Deleau before traversing marshland to an intersection with PR 543. Shortly thereafter, it makes a sharp left turn to enter the town of Oak Lake Beach, travelling past Oak Lake Provincial Park to make a sharp right turn to follow along the coastline of Oak Lake. Now a paved two-lane highway, the highway passes by Cherry Point to an intersection with PR 255 and run concurrently with PTH 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) for a few kilometres to the town of Oak Lake, where it turns north as a gravel road to again through farmland for several kilometres to cross the Assiniboine River into the Rural Municipality of Wallace-Woodworth. Continuing through rural farmland, PR 254 makes a sharp left turn at an intersection with PR 463, before heading west through a switchback and coming to an end at an intersection with PR 259 just a few kilometres east of Virden.[1][2]
History
[edit] Provincial Road 264 | |
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| Location | Crandall–Cracknell |
| Length | 119.2 km (74.1 mi) |
| Existed | 1992–present |
Prior to 1992, PR 254 continued for an additional 148.4 kilometres (92.2 mi) northward, following a short concurrency with PR 259 past Lenore before splitting off and following what is now Road 67N and Road 145W to Crandall. From there, it followed the entirety of what is now PR 264.[3][4]
Major intersections
[edit]| Division | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Brenda-Waskada | | 0.0 | 0.0 | PR 251 – Goodlands, Waskada | Southern terminus; road continues south as Road 144W |
| Medora | 16.9 | 10.5 |  PTH 3 east (Boundary Commission Trail) – Deloraine | Southern end of PTH 3 concurrency | |
| 17.3 | 10.7 | PTH 3 west (Boundary Commission Trail) – Melita | Northern end of PTH 3 concurrency | ||
| Grassland | | 31.7 | 19.7 | Railway Avenue – Lauder | |
| | 33.4 | 20.8 |  PR 345 – Tilston, Hartney | ||
| | 37.0– 37.1 | 23.0– 23.1 | Bridge over the Souris River | ||
| | 55.8 | 34.7 |  PR 541 east – Hartney | Western terminus of PR 541 | |
| Sifton | | 64.2 | 39.9 |  PTH 2 (Red Coat Trail) – Weyburn, Souris | |
| | 73.9 | 45.9 |  PR 543 east | Western terminus of PR 543 | |
| Oak Lake Beach | 81.9 | 50.9 | Oak Lake Provincial Park | Access road into park; southern end of paved section | |
| | 84.6 | 52.6 | Cherry Point Road – Cherry Point | ||
| | 87.0 | 54.1 |  PR 255 west – Scarth | Eastern terminus of PR 255 | |
| | 92.2 | 57.3 |  PTH 1 (TCH) west – Virden | Southern end of PTH 1 concurrency | |
| Oak Lake | 97.4 | 60.5 | PTH 1 (TCH) east – Brandon Oxcart Trail – Oak Lake | Northern end of PTH 1 concurrency; northern end of paved section | |
| Sifton–Wallace-Woodworth boundary | | 100.1– 100.2 | 62.2– 62.3 | Bridge over the Assiniboine River | |
| Wallace-Woodworth | | 108.8 | 67.6 |  PR 463 east – Griswold | Western terminus of PR 463 |
| | 118.7 | 73.8 | PR 259 – Virden, Lenore | Northern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
[edit]- ^ Government of Manitoba. Official Highway Map of Manitoba section 1 (PDF) (Map). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "Map of Manitoba Provincial Road 254" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ Government of Manitoba (1990). Official Highway Map of Manitoba (PDF) (Map) (1990–1991 ed.). Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ Government of Manitoba (1992). Official Highway Map of Manitoba (PDF) (Map) (1992–1993 ed.). Retrieved 15 August 2024.