Manitoba Provincial Road 200
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| St. Mary's Road | ||||
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| Maintained by Manitoba | ||||
| Length: | 101 km (63 mi) | |||
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| North end: |
  PTH 100 / Route 52 in Winnipeg | |||
 PTH 23 PR 201 at Dominion City | ||||
| South end: |
 PTH 75 near the Canada–US border at Emerson | |||
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Provincial Road 200 (PR 200) is a provincial road in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It runs from the Perimeter Highway (PTH 100) at Winnipeg to the border town of Emerson, ending at Manitoba Highway (PTH) 75 at Emerson, near the Canada–United States border.
Route description
PR 200 begins as a continuation of Winnipeg Route 52 immediately south of the Perimeter Highway in Winnipeg and runs southward parallel to the flood plain of the meandering Red River. It passes through the community of St. Adolphe and passes by Ste. Agathe before leaving the Red River to run directly south through a heavily agricultural area to the community of Dominion City. There it turns east, joining together with Provincial Road 201 for one mile, before turning south again, towards Emerson. At the south end of Emerson, PR 200 stops at an intersection only 3 metres from the Canada–US border and turns west, going over the Red River, where it ends at PTH 75. Prior to 2012, PR 200 ended at this intersection and the road going east-west was PTH 75. The road going east from the former PTH 75/PR 200 intersection leads to the Emerson-Noyes, Minnesota border crossing 150 metres away and has been barricaded since the United States border crossing closed in 2006.
The northern section of Provincial Road 200 was originally known as St. Mary's Road (French: Chemin St. Mary's or, rarely, Chemin Ste. Marie), one of the Red River Trails connecting the francophone settlements along the eastern shore of the Red River with St. Boniface, the centre of Manitoba's French community. Most of PR 200 is paved, but sections of the road between PR 305 and PTH 23 are still gravel. St. Mary's Road is continued south of Ste. Agathe by PR 246.