Manitoba Provincial Road 242
Provincial Road 242 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Manitoba Infrastructure | ||||
| Length | 157 km (98 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1966–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| North end | Lynchs Point on Lake Manitoba | |||
 PTH 16 (TCH) at Westbourne PTH 1 (TCH) at Bagot PTH 2 near Treherne PTH 23 near Somerset PTH 3 at La Rivière | ||||
| South end |  CR 13 at the Hannah–Snowflake Border Crossing | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | WestLake – Gladstone | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Provincial Road 242 (PR 242) is a north-south provincial road in the Pembina Valley and Central Plains Regions of Manitoba, Canada.
PR 242 begins at the
At the U.S. border, PR 242 connects with Cavalier County Road 13.[1]
Route description
PR 242 begins at the
After entering flat rural farmland, PR 242 crosses into the Municipality of Lorne, having a junction with PTH 23 before entering the hamlet of Somerset. The highway temporarily becomes paved and known as Third Street, traversing neighborhoods before passing through downtown, formerly crossing a railroad here. It passes through some neighborhoods before leaving town and becoming unpaved once again. PR 242 enters the Municipality of Norfolk Treherne during a short concurrency with PR 245. The highway travels along the eastern edge of the town of Treherne, where it becomes paved and has a short concurrency with PTH 2 (Red Coat Trail) before continuing due north through rural areas to cross the Assiniboine River.
Entering the Municipality of North Norfolk at an intersection with PR 350 (Former PR 461) just east of Lavenham, the highway makes a couple of sharp turns before passing straight through the center of Rosendale. The highway continues north through farmland for several more kilometers, passing through the hamlet of Bagot, where it crosses a railroad, PTH 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), and becomes unpaved once more.
PR 242 enters the Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone and makes a sharp right turn to begin following the Whitemud River. After having a short concurrency with PTH 16 (Yellowhead Highway), it bypasses the hamlet of Westbourne along its eastern side before becoming more narrow and winding for the next several kilometers, temporarily entering the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie and crossing a small creek. The highway begins following the coastline of southern Lake Manitoba shorty before coming to a dead end at the Lynchs Point Campground. The entire length of Provincial Road 242 is a two-lane highway.[2][3]
Major intersections
| Division | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes | |||
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| Louise | | 0.0 | 0.0 | CR 13 – Hannah | Continuation into North Dakota | |||
Hannah-Snowflake Border Crossing | ||||||||
| Louise / Pembina boundary | Snowflake | 6.1 | 3.8 |  PR 201 east – Snowflake | Western terminus of PR 201 | |||
| | 15.9 | 9.9 |  PR 423 west – Crystal City | Eastern terminus of PR 423 | ||||
Pembina River | ||||||||
| 28.4 | 17.6 | PTH 3 east (Boundary Commission Trail) – Manitou | Southern end of PTH 3 concurrency | |||||
| | 29.0 | 18.0 | PTH 3 west (Boundary Commission Trail) – Pilot Mound | Northern end of PTH 3 concurrency; southern end of unpaved section | ||||
| Lorne | Somerset | 49.3 | 30.6 | PTH 23 – Ninette, Morris | ||||
Notre Dame de Lourdes | Southern end of PR 245 concurrency | |||||||
| | 66.2 | 41.1 |  PR 245 west – Holland | Northern end of PR 245 concurrency | ||||
Norfolk Treherne | Treherne | 77.8 | 48.3 | PTH 2 west (Red Coat Trail) – Treherne | Southern end of PTH 2 concurrency; northern end of unpaved section | |||
| | 81.2 | 50.5 | PTH 2 east (Red Coat Trail) – Rathwell | Northern end of PTH 2 concurrency | ||||
| | 94.3– 94.4 | 58.6– 58.7 | Bridge over the Assiniboine River | |||||
| Norfolk Treherne / North Norfolk boundary | | 98.7 | 61.3 |  PR 350 north – Lavenham | Southern terminus of PR 350; former PR 461 | |||
Portage la Prairie | Southern end of unpaved section | |||||||
WestLake - Gladstone | Westbourne | 139.8 | 86.9 |  PTH 16 (TCH) west / YH – Gladstone | Southern end of PTH 16 concurrency | |||
| | 141.9 | 88.2 | Portage la Prairie | Northern end of PTH 16 concurrency | ||||
| | 144.2 | 89.6 | Main Street – Westbourne | Former PR 242 | ||||
| Portage la Prairie |
No major junctions | |||||||
WestLake - Gladstone | Lynchs Point | 157 | 98 | Dead end at Lynchs Point Campground on Lake Manitoba | Northern terminus; northern end of unpaved section | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ "11 Manitoba-U.S. border crossings under review | CBC News".
- ^ Government of Manitoba. "Official Highway Map of Manitoba section 2" (PDF). Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ Google (June 18, 2024). "Map of Manitoba Provincial Road 242" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 18, 2024.