Provincial Trunk Highway 83
Route information
Maintained by Department of Infrastructure
Length	402 km (250 mi)
Existed	1953–present
Major junctions
South end	US 83 at the Westhope–Coulter Border Crossing
Major intersections	PTH 3 in Melita PTH 2 at Pipestone PTH 1 (TCH) near Virden PTH 16 (TCH) at Foxwarren and Russell PTH 5 at Roblin
North end	PTH 10 in Swan River
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Rural municipalities	Pipestone Prairie View Riding Mountain West Roblin Russell – Binscarth Swan Valley West Two Borders Wallace – Woodworth
Towns	Melita Swan River Virden
Highway system
Provincial highways in Manitoba Winnipeg City Routes
← PTH 77 → PTH 83A

Provincial Trunk Highway 83 (PTH 83) is a major north-south highway that runs in the far western region of the Canadian province of Manitoba. It travels from the North Dakota border south of Melita, north through Virden, Birtle, Russell, and Roblin to its northern terminus with PTH 10 in the town of Swan River. Along with US 83, PTH 83 is part of a continuously numbered north-south highway in North America with a combined distance of 3,450 kilometres (2,140 mi).

PTH 83 travels no further than 32 kilometres (20 mi) east of the Saskatchewan border, and comes within 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) of the provincial boundary from the junction with PR 487 just north of Benito to the junction with PTH 57.

History

PTH 83 first appeared on the 1953 Manitoba Highway Map.^[1]

Prior to 1953, PTH 83 was originally numbered as Highway 22. In 1953, the government re-designated it to match U.S. Route 83. As well, the current section of the highway between Russell and Swan River was known as Highway 31.^[2]

Originally, the highway's northern terminus was at the Trans-Canada Highway in Virden, making the original length of the highway 104 kilometres (65 mi). The section of PTH 83 between the Trans-Canada Highway and Birtle was opened to traffic in 1954. At the same time, the highway was extended to Swan River, replacing Highway 31.

A small portion of PTH 83 between Roblin and Russell was reconstructed due to a large slide that occurred in early July 2012. The area affected was located one kilometre north of PR 366 at the bottom of the Shell Valley with traffic detoured around that portion of highway. The slide became serious enough to close the road on July 2. The area which was closed had encountered numerous slides in previous years. It was once home to a lookout point over the Assessippi Valley. That lookout point was declared unsafe and was closed during a previous partial collapse of the road.^[3]

Major intersections

Division	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Two Borders	​	0	0.0	US 83 south – Minot, Bismarck	Continuation into North Dakota
				Canada–United States border at Westhope–Coulter Border Crossing
	​	8	5.0	PR 251 west – Lyleton	South end of PR 251 concurrency
	​	12	7.5	PR 251 east – Waskada	North end of PR 251 concurrency
	​	22	14	PTH 3 west (Boundary Commission Trail) – Pierson, Estevan	South end of PTH 3 concurrency
Town of Melita		35	22	PR 445 west
		36	22	PTH 3 east (Boundary Commission Trail) – Deloraine, Medora	North end of PTH 3 concurrency
Two Borders	​	43	27	PR 452 east – Napinka
	​	51	32	PR 345 – Tilston, Lauder
Pipestone	Pipestone	69	43	PTH 2 (Red Coat Trail) – Reston, Souris
	​	87	54	PR 255 – Cromer, Oak Lake Beach
Wallace – Woodworth	No major junctions
Town of Virden		100	62	PR 257 – Kola, Virden
Wallace – Woodworth	​	104	65	PR 259 east – Kenton PTH 1 (TCH) east – Brandon	South end of PTH 1 concurrency
	​	110	68	PTH 1 (TCH) west – Regina	North end PTH 1 west concurrency
	​	116	72	Mile 66N	Former PR 441 west
Prairie View	​	133	83	PR 467 west – Willen
	​	134	83	Crosses the Assiniboine River
	Miniota	137	85	PTH 24 east – Oak River
	​	152	94	PR 355 – Birdtail Sioux, Isabella
	​	163	101	PR 568 west
	Birtle	169	105	PTH 42 east – Shoal Lake	South end of PTH 42 concurrency
	​	172	107	PTH 42 west – St. Lazare	North end of PTH 42 concurrency
	​	182	113	PTH 16 (TCH) east / YH – Shoal Lake	South end of PTH 16 concurrency
	Foxwarren	189	117	PR 475 west
Prairie View–Russell – Binscarth boundary	​	200	120	PR 359 east – Rossburn
Russell – Binscarth	​	201	125	PTH 41 south – St. Lazare
	Binscarth	204	127	PR 478 – Esterhazy
	​	214	133	Mile 116N	Former PR 479 east
	​	217	135	PR 579 west – Millwood
	Russell	220	140	PTH 45 east – Rossburn
		221	137	PTH 16 (TCH) west / YH – Yorkton, Saskatoon	North end of PTH 16 concurrency
	​	231	144	PR 264 east – Rossburn	Former PR 254 east
Riding Mountain West	​	241	150	PR 482 north – Asessippi Provincial Park
	​	243	151	PR 366 east – Inglis, Grandview
	​	245	152	Crosses the Shell River
Roblin	​	257	160	Mile 141N	Former PR 589 east
	​	271	168	PR 583 east
	Roblin	276	171	PTH 5 (Parks Route) – Yorkton, Dauphin	Inspections off-set; PTH 5 concurrency (200m) across the CNR tracks
	​	279	173	Mile 153N	Former PR 594 east
	​	280	170	PR 593 west
	​	289	180	Mile 180N	Former PR 483 east
	​	295	183	PR 594 north – Duck Mountain Provincial Park
	​	299	186	Mile 169W	Former PR 592 south
	​	302	188	PR 363 west – Togo
	​	312	194	PR 367 east – Duck Mountain Provincial Park
Duck Mountain Provincial Forest	​	333	207	PTH 57 west – Madge Lake
Swan Valley West	​	349	217	Mile 192N (Alpine Road)	Former PR 586 north
	​	359	223	PTH 49 west – Arran
	Benito	362	225
	​	366	227	PR 487 north	Former PR 588 north
	​	374	232	PR 486 east – Durban	Former PR 586 south
	Kenville	387	240	PR 487 west
	​	394	245	PR 486 south
	​	397	247	PTH 83A north – Swan River
Town of Swan River		402	250	PTH 10 (NWWR) – The Pas, Dauphin PTH 10A north / PTH 83A south (Main Street E.) – Swan River (Town Center)	PTH 83 northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus