Manitoba Highway 1

Provincial Trunk Highway 1
Trans-Canada Highway
PTH 1 highlighted in red.
Route information
Maintained by Manitoba Infrastructure
Length	488.8 km[1] (303.7 mi)
Existed	1942–present
Major junctions
West end	Highway 1 (TCH) at Saskatchewan border near Kirkella
Major intersections	PTH 83 / PR 259 near Virden PTH 21 near Griswold PTH 10 in Brandon PTH 5 near Carberry PTH 16 (TCH) / YH / PR 305 near Portage la Prairie PTH 100 (TCH) / PTH 101 / Route 85 in Winnipeg PTH 59 / Route 20 in Winnipeg PTH 12 near Ste. Anne PTH 11 near Hadashville PTH 44 near West Hawk Lake
East end	Highway 17 / TCH at Ontario border near West Hawk Lake
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Rural municipalities	Cartier Cornwallis Elton Headingley North Cypress – Langford North Norfolk Portage la Prairie Reynolds Sifton Springfield St. François Xavier Ste. Anne Taché Wallace – Woodworth Whitehead
Major cities	Brandon Portage la Prairie Winnipeg
Towns	Virden
Highway system
Provincial highways in Manitoba Winnipeg City Routes
← PR 596 → PTH 1A (TCH)

Provincial Trunk Highway 1 (PTH 1) is Manitoba's section of the Trans-Canada Highway. It is a heavily used, 4-lane divided highway, with the exception of a short 18 km section in the southeastern corner of the province. It is the main link between southern Manitoba's largest cities, and also serves as the province's main transportation link to the neighbouring provinces of Saskatchewan (to the west) and Ontario (to the east). The highway is the only major east-west divided highway in Manitoba, and carries a large majority of east-west traffic within and through the province. It has full freeway status sections at Portage la Prairie and Winnipeg. The total distance of the Trans-Canada Highway in Manitoba is approximately 490 km (300 mi).

PTH 1 is a very important part of the national highway system. It is the only road that links the province of Manitoba (and thus the entirety of Western Canada) with the province of Ontario, making it a major section of Canada's primary commercial and leisure route for all traffic travelling between Canada's largest cities, from Toronto and Montreal in the east to Calgary and Vancouver in the west.