Provincial Trunk Highway 31 marker

Provincial Trunk Highway 31

Route information
Maintained by Department of Infrastructure
Length22 km (14 mi)
Existed1959–present
Major junctions
South end ND 1 (Maida–Windygates Border Crossing
North end PTH 3 / PR 240 north near Darlingford
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceManitoba
Rural municipalitiesPembina
Highway system
← PTH 30→ PTH 32

Provincial Trunk Highway 31 (PTH 31) is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is a short highway that runs from PTH 3 to the U.S. border where it becomes North Dakota State Highway 1. The entire highway lies within the Municipality of Pembina.

Route description

Highway 31 as it passes through the gorge created by the Pembina River

PTH 31 begins at the North Dakota border in Windygates, with the road continuing south into Maida and toward Langdon as North Dakota Highway 1 (ND 1). The highway curves northward, leaving Windygates and traveling through rural farmland for a few kilometers, where it crosses PR 201, providing access to nearby Pembina Valley Provincial Park. It now winds its way down, then back up, the Pembina River valley, where it crosses a bridge over the Pembina River. PTH 31 heads north through farmland for a few more kilometers before coming to an end at an intersection with PTH 3 (Boundary Commission Trail) just southeast of Darilngford. The road continues north as PR 240.[1][2]

The entire length of Manitoba Highway 31 is a rural, paved, two-lane highway.

History

Highway 31 was the designation of the route connecting PTH 16 (then known as Highway 4) at Russell to PTH 5 in Roblin. In 1947, it extended north via Benito to Highway 10 at Swan River, replacing Highway 6. The section from Roblin to south of Benito was under construction; it opened in 1948.[3] In 1954, the section of PTH 83 between the Trans-Canada Highway and Birtle was constructed and opened to traffic. With this addition, PTH 83 was also extended to Swan River, replacing Highway 31.

PTH 31 was designated to its current route in 1959.[4]

Major intersections

DivisionLocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
PembinaWindygates00.0
 ND 1 south – Langdon		Continuation into North Dakota
Canada–United States border at the Maida–Windygates Border Crossing
​21.2 PR 201 – Snowflake, Osterwick
​2214 PTH 3 (Boundary Commission Trail) – Manitou, Morden
PR 240 north – St. Claude		Continues as PR 240
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Route transition

References

Template:Attached KML/Manitoba Highway 31
KML is from Wikidata
  1. ↑ Google (October 9, 2023). "Map of Manitoba Highway 31" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  2. ↑ Government of Manitoba. "Official Highway Map of Manitoba section #2" (PDF). Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  3. ↑ Manitoba Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. 1953. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  4. ↑ Manitoba Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. 1959. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
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