# Manitoba Highway 2

Provincial Trunk Highway 2 (PTH 2) is a 315-kilometre (196-mile) highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It runs from Highway 13 at the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border to Winnipeg's Perimeter Highway near Oak Bluff.
PTH 2 is the Manitoba portion of the Red Coat Trail.

## Route description

PTH 2 begins in the Rural Municipality of Pipestone at the Saskatchewan border, with the road, and the Red Coat Trail, continuing west as Saskatchewan Highway 13 (Hwy 13) towards the town of Redvers. The highway heads east, along with the Red Coat Trail, to pass along the northern edge of Sinclair, where it shares a 4-kilometre-long (2.5 mi) concurrency (overlap) with PR 256, before making a sharp curve to the south, then another to the east as it passes through Linklater. It now passes through the town of Reston and the community of Pipestone, where it has an intersection with PTH 83, before crossing into the Rural Municipality of Sifton.
PTH 2 pass just a few kilometres to the south of Oak Lake as it travels through the communities of Findlay and Deleau, where it has an intersection with PR 254 and have a several kilometer long concurrency with PTH 21, which involves a sharp curve to the north, then the east. The highway crosses into the Municipality of Souris - Glenwood at the second intersection with PTH 21.
PTH 2 has an intersection with PR 347 before crossing Plum Creek to enter Souris. The highway crosses a railroad track and passes through neighbourhoods before having an intersection with PTH 22 and PR 250 at the northern edge of downtown. It begins paralleling the Souris River and leaves Souris as it passes along the south side of Souris Glenwood Industrial Air Park and crosses another railroad track. Shortly thereafter, the highway crosses into the Municipality of Oakland - Wawanesa at an intersection with PR 348.
PTH 2 passes just to the north of Carroll before having a short concurrency with PTH 10 (also known as the John Bracken Highway), where it crosses yet another railroad track. It heads east to pass on the southern edge of Nesbitt, where it has an intersection with PR 346, before curving southeast, having an intersection with PR 344 and crossing the Souris River for the second and final time. The highway travels along the southern edge of Wawanesa, having intersections with Tenterfield Road (which leads to Dunrea) and PR 340 (which leads to Wawanesa proper), before crossing into the Municipality of Glenboro - South Cypress.
PTH 2 makes a sharp curve to the south, then east, to have intersections with PTH 18 and PR 530, before heading due eastward to cross a creek and pass through Glenboro, where it junctions with PTH 5 (Parks Route). Entering the Rural Municipality of Victoria at an intersection with PR 342, The highway travels along the northern edge of Cypress River, where it crosses the river of the same name.
PTH 2 curves more northeastward as it passes through Holland, where it has an intersection with PTH 34 and parallels a former railroad line, before entering the Municipality of Norfolk Treherne. The highway becomes more curvy as it passes through Treherne, where it has a concurrency with PR 242, and Rathwell, where it junctions with PR 244, before crossing into the Rural Municipality of Grey.
PTH 2 crosses PR 305 before going through a switchback and travelling through St. Claude, where it crosses PR 240. It goes through another switchback as follows along the northern and eastern edges of Haywood before travelling through Elm Creek, where it has intersections with PTH 13 and PR 247, as well as crossing over a railroad track. The highway continues northeast to pass through the communities of Culross and Fannystelle, where it has an intersection with PR 248, before entering the Rural Municipality of Macdonald.
PTH 2 passes through Starbuck, where it has an intersection with PR 332 and crosses the La Salle River, before heading due east to have an intersection with PR 424 and a short concurrency with PR 334. The highway now travels along the southern edge of Oak Bluff, where it meets PTH 3 at a roundabout shortly before PTH 2, and the Red Coat Trail, both come to an end at an intersection with PTH 100 (South Perimeter Highway / Trans-Canada Highway).
The entire length of Provincial Trunk Highway 2 is a rural, two-lane highway travelling through the relatively flat prairies of southern Manitoba.

## History

Before the implementation of the Winnipeg's city route system, PTH 2 shared McGillivray Boulevard with PTH 3 to Pembina Highway. This roadway is now designated as Winnipeg Route 155.

## Major intersections

| Division | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
| Pipestone | ​ | 0 | 0.0 | Highway 13 west (Red Coat Trail) – Redvers, Weyburn | Continuation into Saskatchewan |
| Pipestone | Sinclair | 10 | 6.2 | PR 256 south – Tilston | west end of PR 256 overlap |
| Pipestone | ​ | 14 | 8.7 | PR 256 north – Cromer | east end of PR 256 overlap |
| Pipestone | Reston | 25 | 16 | Road 160 West | former PR 252 south |
| Pipestone | ​ | 26 | 16 | Road 159 West | former PR 252 north |
| Pipestone | Pipestone | 35 | 22 | PTH 83 – Virden, Melita | |
| Sifton | Deleau | 59 | 37 | PR 254 – Oak Lake Beach, Lauder | |
| Sifton | ​ | 67 | 42 | PTH 21 south – Hartney | west end of PTH 21 overlap |
| Sifton–Souris – Glenwood boundary | ​ | 75 | 47 | PTH 21 north – Griswold | east end of PTH 21 overlap |
| Souris – Glenwood | ​ | 79 | 49 | PR 347 east | former PR 454 south |
| Souris – Glenwood | Souris | 91 | 57 | PTH 22 south – Elgin PR 250 north – Alexander | |
| Souris – Glenwood–Oakland – Wawanesa boundary | ​ | 106 | 66 | PR 348 north | |
| Oakland – Wawanesa | ​ | 108 | 67 | 1st Street – Carroll | |
| Oakland – Wawanesa | ​ | 113 | 70 | PTH 10 north (John Bracken Highway) – Brandon | west end of PTH 10 overlap |
| Oakland – Wawanesa | ​ | 118 | 73 | PTH 10 south (John Bracken Highway) – Boissevain | east end of PTH 10 overlap |
| Oakland – Wawanesa | Nesbitt | 125 | 78 | PR 346 south – Margaret | |
| Oakland – Wawanesa | Nesbitt | 126 | 78 | Main Street – Nesbitt | |
| Oakland – Wawanesa | ​ | 133 | 83 | PR 344 east – Wawanesa | |
| Oakland – Wawanesa | ​ | 138 | 86 | Tenterfield Road – Dunrea | former PR 344 south |
| Oakland – Wawanesa | ​ | 139 | 86 | PR 340 north – Wawanesa | former PR 344 north |
| Glenboro – South Cypress | ​ | 144 | 89 | PTH 18 south – Killarney | |
| Glenboro – South Cypress | ​ | 147 | 91 | PR 530 north | |
| Glenboro – South Cypress | ​ | 158 | 98 | Road 88 West – Stockton | former PR 340 north |
| Glenboro – South Cypress | ​ | 160 | 99 | Road 86 West – Belmont | former PR 340 south |
| Glenboro – South Cypress | Glenboro | 167 | 104 | PTH 5 (Parks Route) – Carberry, Baldur, Cartwright | former PR 258 |
| Glenboro – South Cypress–Victoria boundary | Cypress River | 180 | 110 | PR 342 south – Glenora | |
| Victoria | Holland | 196 | 122 | PTH 34 – Austin, Pilot Mound | |
| Norfolk Treherne | Treherne | 209 | 130 | PR 242 south – Somerset | west end of PR 242 overlap |
| Norfolk Treherne | ​ | 213 | 132 | PR 242 north – Rossendale | east end of PR 242 overlap |
| Norfolk Treherne | Rathwell | 219 | 136 | PR 244 south – Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes | |
| Norfolk Treherne | ​ | 227 | 141 | PR 305 – Long Plain | |
| Grey | St. Claude | 233 | 145 | PR 240 – Portage la Prairie, Roseisle, St. Claude | |
| Grey | ​ | | | Road 35 West | former PR 338 south |
| Grey | ​ | | | Old 338 Road 32 West – Haywood | former PR 338 north |
| Grey | Elm Creek | 259 | 161 | PTH 13 – Oakville, Carman | |
| Grey | ​ | 261 | 162 | PR 247 east – Sanford | |
| Grey | Fannystelle | 278 | 173 | PR 248 – Elie | |
| Macdonald | Starbuck | 290 | 180 | PR 332 – Dacotah, Brunkild | |
| Macdonald | ​ | 298 | 185 | PR 424 north – Springstein | |
| Macdonald | ​ | 302 | 188 | PR 334 south – Sanford | west end of PR 334 overlap |
| Macdonald | ​ | 306 | 190 | PR 334 north – Headingley | east end of PR 334 overlap |
| Macdonald | Oak Bluff | 313 | 194 | PTH 3 to PTH 100 (TCH) west / Route 155 east – Winnipeg, Carman | |
| Macdonald | ​ | 315 | 196 | PTH 100 (TCH) east (Perimeter Highway) – Kenora | PTH 2 eastern terminus; no eastbound left turn |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access Route transition ||||||

## Related route

Provincial Road 530 (PR 530) is a 7.3-kilometre-long (4.5 mi) spur of PTH 2 in the Municipality of Glenboro-South Cypress, previously connecting it to the hamlet of Treesbank prior to the Souris River bridge collapse during the 2011 Souris River flood. At its northern end, including the former bridge, PR 530 follows a former section of PR 340. The entire length of PR 530 is a rural two-lane gravel road.
Between 1966 and 1992, PR 530 was designated along an entirely different route, running 9.9 kilometres (6.2 mi) from PR 245 in Bruxelles to PTH 23 along the border of the Swan Lake First Nation, all within the Municipality of Lorne along Road 64W.
The entire route is in the Municipality of Glenboro – South Cypress.
| Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
| ​ | 0.0 | 0.0 | PTH 2 (Red Coat Trail) – Souris, Treherne | Southern terminus; road continues south as Mooney Road (Road 94W) |
| ​ | 6.5 | 4.0 | Road 42W – Stockton | Former PR 340 south |
| ​ | 7.3 | 4.5 | Concrete Bowstring Arch Bridge No. 412 across Souris River | Concrete Bowstring Arch Bridge No. 412 across Souris River |
| Treesbank | 8.1 | 5.0 | Norfolk Street to PR 340 – Treesbank Road 94W – Treesbank Ferry | Former northern terminus prior to 2011; former PR 340 followed Norfolk Street (originally PR 451 prior to 1989) to meet its current alignment |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Closed/former |||||