Manitoba Roads - MB 44

MB 44



The west end of MB 44 is not really the end of Historic Highway No. 1, but it pairs nicely with the east end sign on my Old TCH 1 page. Old MB 1 followed the length of MB 44 from here to West Hawk Lake, then onto what became TCH 1 to the Ontario border. West of here, it used MB 9 into Winnipeg (back when it went that far) and TCH 1 out to TCH 16 to the SK border. The juxtaposition of the word "historic" with Clearview font is jarring.


Heading west across the Red River in Lockport. The leadup to the truss is actually St. Andrews Dam while the truss is over the lock on the west side.


Back east across the bridge/dam.


Looking south (dammed) and north (released) along the Red River from the bridge.


The lanterns gracing both sides of the western bridge portal.


More second-generation Manitoba shields, more colourful than the first generation and a better font than the third (see the 2nd photo on this page). Plus a bigger buffalo is always better.


MB 44 is a divided highway from MB 59 east to 1 km from its eastern split with MB 12. Shouldn't it extend just 1 km more? Also enjoy the strange chevrons.


MB 44 EB resumes heading east shortly thereafter.


Second-generation highway shields are paired with first-generation provincial road shields, which were not yet buffalo-branded for consistency, on MB 215 EB. The 2nd and 3rd photos are part of the same assembly.


Let's call this the Historic Highway No. 1 bridge over the Brokenhead River.


The old cross-province route ends at the new one, TCH 1's 1950s-era bypass of Falcon and West Hawk Lakes.

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