Manitoba Provincial Road 350 Explained

Province:MB
Type:PR
Route:350
Length Km:55.2
Length Round:2
Direction A:North
Direction B:South
Terminus B: near Lavenham
Junction: near MacGregor
Established:1966
Previous Type:PR
Previous Route:349
Next Type:PR
Next Route:351

Manitoba Provincial Road 350 (PR 350) is a provincial road in the south-central section of the Canadian province of Manitoba.[1]

Route description

The route begins at PR 242 east of Lavenham, and terminates at the Yellowhead Highway near Woodside.

From PR 242, the road travels west through Lavenham before turning north for just past the community. PR 350 then turns west for before turning north once again at Mile 56N (formerly westbound PR 461). It continues for through MacGregor before intersecting the Trans-Canada Highway just north of the village. Past this intersection, PR 350 continues north for to its northern terminus, passing the community of Katrime at around the midway point.

PR 350 is mainly a gravel road with a small paved section as it passes through MacGregor.

History

In the early 1990s, the Manitoba government decommissioned a number of provincial secondary roads and returned the maintenance of these roads back to the rural municipalities. A section of the original PR 350 was included in this decommissioning.

Prior to this, PR 350 continued south past Lavenham for before turning west and travelling in this direction for . The road then turned south before gradually turning west for to its southbound terminus with PTH 34 on the eastern edge of the Spruce Woods Provincial Wildlife Management Area.[2]

After the decommissioning of this section, the road was renamed Ladysmith Road. It is now maintained by the Rural Municipality of Victoria.

The original length of PR 350 was .

Notes and References

  1. https://www.gov.mb.ca/mit/roadinfo/ Province of Manitoba -Roads and Transportation
  2. Web site: The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1966-1967. Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.