Manitoba Highway 16
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Region:
- Parklands
- Westman
- Central Plains
The Highway 16 on the Canadian prairies, Manitoba is the eastern section of the Yellowhead Highway, the northern arm of the Trans-Canada Highway in the four western provinces. It is the continuation of the Saskatchewan Highway 16 and has a length of 266 km.
Route
The highway begins at the border of the western neighboring province of Saskatchewan, he leads in an easterly direction. Shortly after the provincial border of the Assiniboine River is crossed. In Russell, the highway swings for about 20 km in a southerly direction, then he followed him to the southeast. Long stretches of the route follows the Canadian Pacific Railway, which runs parallel to the road, but run on the 20 kilometers east of Foxwarren section both routes on different courses, the railway line runs to the south. Then the highway of the railway line to Minnedosa follows. The highway crosses the Little Saskatchewan River and surrounds the small town in the southwest. The next 65 km of Highway runs east to pass then to Macdonald again southeast. The last section of the highway going in a southerly direction, where it meets Highway 1, the southern arm of the Trans-Canada Highway and ends there. This crossing is to be completely redeveloped as a transport hub by the year 2014.
Extension
The transport interchange at the intersection of Highway 1 and Highway 16 also includes a rail transport hub. There should be a complete restructuring of the two nodes in the context of Canada's Pacific Gateway. The project was started in October 2007 and be completed by the spring of 2014. Was estimated for the entire project a budget of CDN $ 96.5 million