Manitoba Provincial Road 274

Provincial Road 274
Route information
Maintained by Department of Infrastructure
Length	91.6 km (56.9 mi)
Existed	1966–present
Major junctions
South end	PTH 5 / PTH 10 near Dauphin
Major intersections	PTH 5 in Gilbert Plains PR 267 near Venlaw
North end	PTH 10 / PTH 10A in Ethelbert
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Rural municipalities	Dauphin, Gilbert Plains, Ethelbert
Highway system
Provincial highways in Manitoba Winnipeg City Routes
← PR 273 → PR 275

Provincial Road 274 (PR 274) is a 91.6-kilometre-long (56.9 mi) north–south highway in the Parkland Region of Manitoba. It connects the towns of Gilbert Plains and Ethelbert, as well as providing a loop off of Provincial Trunk Highway 5 (PTH 5, Parks Route) through the community of Keld. The portion of the highway through Keld is signed east–west, and the rest is signed north–south.

Route description

PR 274 begins in the Rural Municipality of Dauphin at an intersection with PTH 5/PTH 10 (Parks Route) just west of the city of Dauphin, heading south as a paved two-lane highway through the locality of Spruce Creek and crossing a couple of small creeks before coming to an intersection between Road 117W and Road 138N, where the pavement ends and the highway makes a sharp right. Now heading due west as a gravel road, PR 274 travels due west through rural farmland for several kilometres to pass through the community of Keld before entering the Rural Municipality of Gilbert Plains. It continues west through rural areas for several more kilometres, travelling only 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) north of the Riding Mountain National Park boundary, before making a sharp right turn onto Road 129W, where the pavement resumes. The highway crosses the Wilson River before entering the town of Gilbert Plains as it passes by the Gilbert Plains Airport. Travelling through town along Cutforth Street, PR 274 travels through neighbourhoods as it crosses both PTH 5 and a railroad along the eastern side of downtown. Leaving town and crossing the Valley River, the highway heads due north through farmland for the next several kilometres, going through a switchback just prior to passing through Venlaw, where it crosses the Drifting River. Entering the Municipality of Ethelbert at its junction with PR 267, PR 274 travels through the hamlet of Mink Creek, crossing the creek of the same name, prior to crossing the Fishing River, going through a switchback, and then making a sharp right. It now curves back left before crossing a creek and making another sharp right, entering the town of Ethelbert and coming to an end shortly thereafter at an intersection with PTH 10; the road continues into downtown as Main Street (PTH 10A).

Major intersections

Division	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Dauphin	​	0.0	0.0	PTH 5 / PTH 10 (Parks Route) – Dauphin, Gilbert Plains	Southern terminus; road continues north as Road 117W
	​	13.1	8.1	Road 117W / Road 138N	Cardinal direction switch from north-south to east-west; eastern end of unpaved section
Gilbert Plains	​	32.8	20.4	Road 138N / Road 129W	Cardinal direction switch from east-west to north-south; western end of unpaved section
	​	41.4	25.7	Bridge over the Wilson River
	Gilbert Plains	44.3	27.5	– Gilbert Plains Airport	Access road into airport
		45.1	28.0	PTH 5 (Parks Route) – Grandview, Dauphin
	​	47.0	29.2	Bridge over the Valley River
	Venlaw	65.7	40.8	Venlaw Road	Former PR 267 west
		66.4	41.3	Bridge over the Drifting River
Gilbert Plains–Ethelbert boundary	​	69.0	42.9	PR 267 east – Sifton	Western terminus of PR 267
Ethelbert	​	77.8	48.3	Bridge over the Fishing River
	Ethelbert	91.6	56.9	PTH 10 – Pine River, Dauphin PTH 10A south (Main Street) – Ethelbert	Northern terminus; road continues east as PTH 10A (Main Street)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi