Provincial Road 459 (PR 459), known as Grand Valley Road and honorarily as Wokiksuye Ċanku, is a short provincial road in the southwest part of the Canadian province of Manitoba.
 Provincial Road 459 | ||||
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| Maintained by Department of Infrastructure | ||||
| Length | 9.5 km (5.9 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1966–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  PTH 1 (TCH) near Grand Valley Provincial Campground | |||
| East end |  PTH 10 (18th Street N.) in Brandon | |||
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| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Manitoba | |||
| Rural municipalities | ||||
| Major cities | Brandon | |||
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Route description
editProvincial Road 459 is an east-west route and runs from the Trans-Canada Highway near the Grand Valley Provincial Campground to its terminus at PTH 10 (18th Street North) in Brandon.
PR 459 serves as a feeder route for communities located on the north end of Brandon from the Trans-Canada Highway as well as to the Brandon Experimental Station. The road travels in very close proximity to the Assiniboine River for most of its length, and offers a very scenic alternative route for people travelling in to Brandon as compared to the Trans-Canada Highway or PTH 1A.
Due to its close proximity to the Assiniboine River, a portion of the road was closed when the river overflowed its banks in the spring of 2011. Since then, PR 459 has been subject to spring closures to prevent future flooding incidents.[1]
In 2022, the portion of PR 459 within Brandon's city limits was given the honorary name Wokiksuye Ċanku (Remembrance Road in the Dakota language),[2][3] in honour of children taken to residential schools. The road leads to the site of the former Brandon Indian Residential School.[2]
PR 459 is a paved road for its entire length. The speed limit along this road is 90 kilometres per hour (56 mph).
References
edit- ^ City of Brandon Closing Access to Grand Valley Road Ahead of Assiniboine River Peak, City of Brandon, 2017, retrieved 12 February 2018
- ^ a b Kemp, Chelsea (20 August 2022). "New name proposed for road leading to Brandon residential school site to honour survivors". CBC News. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ^ "Brandon City Council meeting minutes, September 6, 2022" (PDF). 6 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2024.