 Provincial Trunk Highway 77 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byDepartment of Infrastructure | ||||
| Length | 42 km (26 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1987–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  Highway 3 atSaskatchewan border nearWestgate | |||
| East end |  PTH 10 nearBaden | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Manitoba | |||
| Rural municipalities | Mountain | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Provincial Trunk Highway 77 (PTH 77) is a provincial highway in theCanadian province ofManitoba. It runs from theSaskatchewan boundary (where it meetsHighway 3) nearWestgate toPTH 10 nearBaden. It was designated in 1987, replacing PR 277.
PTH 77 begins inDivision No. 19 at theSaskatchewan border, with the road continuing west across theArmit River towardsArmit andHudson Bay asSaskatchewan Highway 3 (Hwy 3). Immediately bypassingWestgate, the highway heads east through rural woodlands for several kilometers, running along the northern border of thePorcupine Hills andPorcupine Provincial Forest. After passingNational Mills and crossing several creeks, it travels through the town ofBarrows to have an intersection with Red Deer Lake Road, which provides access to the community ofRed Deer Lake and thelake of the same name. PTH 77 winds its way southeast through remote woodlands, traveling throughPowell andBaden as well as crossing theRice River, before entering theRural Municipality of Mountain and coming to an end at an intersection withPTH 10 (Northern Woods and Water Route) just north ofMafeking along the banks of theSteeprock River.[1][2]
The entire length of Manitoba Highway 77 is a rural, paved, two-lane highway.
Provincial Road 277 | |
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| Location | Westgate -Baden |
| Length | 42 km (26 mi) |
| Existed | 1966–1987 |
What is now PTH 77 began in 1961 as an unnamed gravel road running from PTH 10 and extending as far west as the community ofPowell along the northern boundary of thePorcupine Provincial Forest, switching to dirt atBaden.[3] By 1963, it had been improved to a two-lane gravel road in its entirety, as well as being extended further west past the hamlet ofWestgate to theSaskatchewan border, where it continued towardsArmit as the newly openedSaskatchewan Highway 3 (Hwy 3).[4] The highway was officially designated asProvincial Road 277 (PR 277) in 1966, as well as gaining a short spur to the community ofRed Deer Lake.[5] Becoming fully paved by 1983,[6] the highway was officially re-designated as PTH 77 in 1987, with the route changing very little since then.[7]
| Division | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| No. 19 | Westgate | 0.0 | 0.0 | Highway 3 west –Armit,Hudson Bay | Western terminus;Saskatchewan border; road continues east as Hwy 3 |
| 1.0 | 0.62 | Williamson Road –Westgate | |||
| 1.5 | 0.93 | Delowski Road –Westgate | |||
| National Mills | 6.4 | 4.0 | Twilight Street –National Mills | ||
| Barrows | 16.0 | 9.9 | Red Deer Lake Road –Red Deer Lake | ||
| Baden | 32.8 | 20.4 | Main Street –Baden | ||
| Mountain | | 42 | 26 | PTH 10 (NWWR) –The Pas,Swan River | Eastern terminus |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
