Manitoba Provincial Road 340

Manitoba Provincial Road 340 is a provincial road in the

southwestern section of the Canadian province of Manitoba.

Contents Provincial Road 340

Route information
Route description
Length 40 km (25 mi)
History
Existed 1966–present
References
Major junctions
External links
North end PTH 1 (TCH)
near Douglas
Route description South end PTH 2 near
Wawanesa
The route begins at PTH 2 south of Wawanesa, and terminates at the
Location
Trans-Canada Highway just north of Douglas.
Rural Cornwallis
PR 340 is the main road that serves CFB Shilo. The route is paved at municipalities Elton
the northern and southern ends of the route, with a large gravel
section connecting CFB Shilo with Treesbank. Glenboro – South
Cypress

History Oakland –
Wawanesa
PR 340 was originally a much longer provincial road in comparison Highway system
to its current distance. In the early 1990s, the Manitoba government
Manitoba provincial highways
decommissioned a number of provincial secondary roads and
returned the maintenance of these roads back to the rural Winnipeg City Routes
municipalities. The section of the original PR 340 between ← PR 338 PR 341 →
Treesbank and Belmont was included in this decommissioning.[1]

Prior to this, PR 340 started at PTH 3 near Holmfield. From this point, it traveled north, meeting PTH 23
just south of Belmont. From Belmont, PR 340 continued north, with small jaunts eastward, before meeting
PTH 2 west of Glenboro. The two highways would run in a short westbound concurrence before PR 340 left
the concurrence and continued north through the community of Stockton. Once it passed Stockton, PR 340
gradually turned west towards Treesbank where it turned north once again. The highway rejoined its current
configuration just north of the community after a short crossing over the Assiniboine River at Treesbank
Ferry.[2]

After the decommissioning of the original route, the section of PR 340 between PTH 3 and PTH 23 was
redesignated as PR 458. As well, a small section around Treesbank was redesignated as PR 530, and PR 340
was reconfigured on to a road previously designated as PR 344. It is the stretch it travels on through
Wawanesa (where it meets the current PR 344) to its current southern terminus with PTH 2. The sections of
the original route that were not redesignated are now maintained by the Rural Municipalities of Oakland,
South Cypress, and Strathcona.
The original length of PR 340 was 124 kilometres (77 miles).

References
1. "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1992-1993" (https://www.gov.mb.ca/mit/map
archive/1990/1992_93.html). Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.
2. "The Province of Manitoba Official Highway Map; 1966-1967" (https://www.gov.mb.ca/mit/map
archive/1960/1966_67.html). Infrastructure and Transportation, Province of Manitoba.

External links
Manitoba Official Map - Southwest (https://www.gov.mb.ca/mit/map/pdf/map1.pdf)

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