- Source: Manitoba Provincial Road 254
Provincial Road 254 (PR 254) is a 118.7-kilometre-long (73.8 mi) north–south highway in the Westman Region of Manitoba. It connects the communities of Medora, Lauder, Grande-Clairière, Oak Lake Beach, and the town of Oak Lake. It also provides access to Oak Lake and Oak Lake Provincial Park. PR 254 does cross bridges over both the Souris River and the Assiniboine River. Besides two short paved sections, one in downtown Medora and the other being between Oak Lake Beach and the Trans-Canada Highway, the highway is entirely an unpaved two-lane gravel road.
Route description
PR 254 begins in the Municipality of Brenda-Waskada at an intersection with PR 251 just east of Goodlands. It heads north as an unpaved gravel road, going through a switchback before travelling through Medora along Third Street, where it crosses a small creek, a railroad, and has a short concurrency (overlap) with PTH 3 (Boundary Commission Trail). Entering the Municipality of Grassland, the highway travels past the community of Lauder before a junction with PR 345. PR 254 now makes a sharp left turn to travel just north of the Maple Grove Colony and cross the Souris River. It now winds its way back and forth as it traverses the Lauder Sand Hills and passes through Grande-Clairière, where it makes an sharp turn to the north at an intersection with PR 541.
Entering the Rural Municipality of Sifton, PR 254 intersects PTH 2 (Red Coat Trail) just west of Deleau before traversing marshland to an intersection with PR 543. Shortly thereafter, it makes a sharp left turn to enter the town of Oak Lake Beach, travelling past Oak Lake Provincial Park to make a sharp right turn to follow along the coastline of Oak Lake. Now a paved two-lane highway, the highway passes by Cherry Point to an intersection with PR 255 and run concurrently with PTH 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) for a few kilometres to the town of Oak Lake, where it turns north as a gravel road to again through farmland for several kilometres to cross the Assiniboine River into the Rural Municipality of Wallace-Woodworth. Continuing through rural farmland, PR 254 makes a sharp left turn at an intersection with PR 463, before heading west through a switchback and coming to an end at an intersection with PR 259 just a few kilometres east of Virden.
History
Prior to 1992, PR 254 continued for an additional 148.4 kilometres (92.2 mi) northward, following a short concurrency with PR 259 past Lenore before splitting off and following what is now Road 67N and Road 145W to Crandall. From there, it followed the entirety of what is now PR 264.
Major intersections
References
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- Manitoba Provincial Road 254
- List of Manitoba provincial highways
- Manitoba Provincial Road 259
- Manitoba Provincial Road 255
- Manitoba Highway 21
- List of highways numbered 254
- Manitoba Provincial Road 264
- Manitoba Provincial Road 251
- Manitoba Provincial Road 345
- Manitoba Provincial Road 355
