Provincial Trunk Highway 50 (PTH 50) is a provincial highway in the south-central region of the Canadian province of Manitoba

Manitoba

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

. It runs from PTH 16 to PTH 5 and PR 361 in the village of McCreary

McCreary, Manitoba

McCreary is a village in Manitoba, Canada.McCreary is located in South Western Manitoba, and has a population of approximately 535 as of the 1996 census. It is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of McCreary. Located just to its west in Riding Mountain National Park, Mt. Agassiz was the site of...

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Like PTH 5 and PTH 20

Manitoba Highway 20

Provincial Trunk Highway 20 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It runs from PTH 5 and PR 582 just south of Ochre River to PTH 10 in the village of Cowan.PTH 20 begins by turning west toward Dauphin...

, PTH 50 does not run its entire length in one direction. The highway runs north-south between PTH 16 and the hamlet of Silver Ridge, where it meets PR 278. From Silver Ridge to McCreary, the highway runs east-west.

PTH 50 provides access to the western shore of Lake Manitoba

Lake Manitoba

Lake Manitoba is Canada's thirteenth largest lake and the world's 33rd largest freshwater lake. It is in central North America, in the Canadian province of Manitoba, which is named after the lake...

. The speed limit

Speed limit

Road speed limits are used in most countries to regulate the speed of road vehicles. Speed limits may define maximum , minimum or no speed limit and are normally indicated using a traffic sign...

is 90 km/h (55 mph).