Manitoba Highway 9
Provincial Trunk Highway 9 is a provincial primary highway located in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It runs from Winnipeg north to Gimli.
The highway is known as Main Street between Winnipeg and Selkirk, as this is the name of the road within both of those cities. The bypass around Selkirk is known as the "Selkirk By-Pass". The road that runs through Selkirk is known as PTH 9A.
Route description
PTH 9 begins in the Rural Municipality of West St. Paul at the Winnipeg city limits, with the road continuing southwest into the city as Winnipeg Route 52. It heads northeast as a 4-lane divided highway for to have a cloverleaf interchange with PTH 101 before becoming undivided and winding its way along the banks of the Red River, passing by several subdivisions before crossing into the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews. It is heavily developed along the entire Main Street section, functioning as a suburban arterial road with many residences and businesses.PTH 9 temporarily widens to a divided highway in Parkdale at around an intersection with PTH 27 and PR 238, before passing through the hamlets of Lees Crossing, St. Andrews, and bypassing Lockport to the west at an intersection with PTH 44. The highway becomes divided again as it travels through Little Britain, where it passes by Lower Fort Garry and has a junction with PTH 67, and Old England, where it splits off on a 2-lane bypass around the southern and western sides of the city of Selkirk, having intersections with PR 230 and PTH 4, with the old route through the city known as PTH 9A. At this point, the character along Highway 9 changes from suburban to rural.
PTH 9 heads northwest as a 2-lane to travel through Clandeboye, where it curves due northward, crosses Wavey Creek, and begins paralleling PTH 8. The highway travels through Petersfield, where it crosses Netley Creek, and Netley, where it has an intersection with PTH 17, before the begins following the southwestern coastline of Lake Winnipeg. It passes through the beach communities of Chalet Beach, Sans Souci, Matlock, and Dunnottar.
PTH 9 now travels directly through the centre of downtown Winnipeg Beach, reuniting with PR 232 not too far from Winnipeg Beach Provincial Park, and having an intersection with PR 229. The highway enters the New Iceland region as it crosses into the Rural Municipality of Gimli, winding its way up the lake's shoreline as it travels through Sandy Hook, where it has an intersection with PR 519, and Husavik before entering the town of Gimli. It passes through several neighbourhoods and grazes the western tip of downtown, which follows Centre Street, before PTH 9 comes to and end at an intersection between PR 231 and PR 222, with the road continuing north as PR 222 while PR 231 connects it to PTH 8.
History
Originally, PTH 9 followed what is now Routes 42 and 57 through Winnipeg. Outside the Perimeter, the route followed Provincial Road 204 to Lockport, where it joined its present alignment.Today's PTH 9 between Winnipeg and Lockport was previously part of PTH 1 prior to 1958, and part of PTH 4 between 1958 and 1968. The Selkirk By-Pass between PR 230 and PTH 9A was not signed. In 1968, PTH 9 was moved to its present alignment.
At Gimli, the roadway continues northerly as Provincial Road 222.
Related routes
Provincial Trunk Highway 9A
Provincial Trunk Highway 9A is a alternate route of PTH 9, running the heart of downtown Selkirk.Provincial Road 232
Provincial Road 232 is a north-south loop off of PTH 9 running along the coastline of southern Lake Winnipeg, linking the village of Dunnottar and the town of Winnipeg Beach.PR 232 begins in the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews at a junction with PTH 9 several kilometres north of Petersfield, heading east for a couple of kilometres as Matlock Road to enter the Matlock neighbourhood of the village of Dunnottar. Almost immediately, PR 232 makes a sharp turn to the north along Gimli Road and begins paralleling a railroad and the Lake Winnipeg coastline as it travels into the Whytewold neighbourhood, making a sharp right at an intersection with PR 225. The highway crosses over Tugela Creek and passes through a switchback at an intersection with Ponemah Road to enter the Ponemah neighbourhood. It now leaves Dunnottar and travels through a rural section of the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews for a couple of kilometres before entering the town of Winnipeg Beach as Churchill Road and having an intersection with Robinson Avenue, which provides access to downtown, the boardwalk, and Winnipeg Beach Provincial Park. After passing through a residential area, PR 232 comes to an end at another junction with PTH 9. The entire length of PR 232 is a paved two-lane highway.