Manitoba Provincial Road 256

Provincial Road 256
Route information
Maintained by Department of Infrastructure
Length	164.5 km (102.2 mi)
Existed	1966–present
Major junctions
North end	PTH 41 near McAuley
Major intersections	PTH 1 (TCH) at Elkhorn PTH 2 near Sinclair PTH 3 at Pierson
South end	ND 256 at the Antler–Lyleton Border Crossing
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Rural municipalities	Ellice – Archie Pipestone Two Borders Wallace – Woodworth
Highway system
Provincial highways in Manitoba Winnipeg City Routes
← PR 255 → PR 257

Provincial Road 256 (PR 256) is a provincial road in the southwest corner of the Canadian province of Manitoba. At a length of 164.5 kilometres (102.2 mi), it is among the longer provincial roads in Manitoba.

PR 256 begins as a gravel road at PTH 41 near McAuley and winds its way south, staying within 16 kilometres (10 mi) of the Saskatchewan border. After it crosses the Trans-Canada Highway at Elkhorn, PR 256 becomes a paved, two-lane highway and continues south to the Lyleton Port of Entry at the Antler–Lyleton Border Crossing on the Canada–United States border, located south of Pierson, in the extreme southwest corner of Manitoba.^[1]

After crossing the international border, PR 256 becomes North Dakota Highway 256 (ND 256).^[2]

In 2014, the Canada Border Services Agency moved into a new state-of-the-art facility at Lyleton, which is the most westerly Port of Entry into Manitoba, located only three miles from the Saskatchewan boundary.^[3]