Existed: 1971 – present Length 9.1 km Province Manitoba | Towns: Minnedosa Constructed 1971 Town Minnedosa | |
South end: PTH 16 (TCH) / PR 262 south of Minnedosa West end: PTH 16 (TCH) / PTH 10 northwest of Minnedosa | ||
Provincial Trunk Highway 16A (PTH 16A) is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba which passes through the town of Minnedosa. The highway is an alternate route of PTH 16 (Trans-Canada Highway's Yellowhead Highway section) and PTH 10. Like most alternate routes, it used to be the main highway which went through Minnedosa.
Map of MB-16A, Minnedosa, MB R0J 1E0, Canada
PR 262 runs in concurrence with the highway from its southern terminus into Minnedosa, leaving the concurrence at the corner of Main Street and 2nd Avenue SE.
The current Minnedosa by-pass, which at the time took the PTH 4/10 designation, was completed and opened to traffic in 1971. The old highway was redesignated as PTH 4A and kept that designation until 1977, when it was renumbered to coincide with the redesignation of Manitoba portion of the Yellowhead Highway to Highway 16.