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Manitoba Provincial Road 280

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84.8 million plan to work on its province's roads. $ 940,000 was spent for gravel stabilization beginning at PR 391 and ending in Gillam. This work was also under the Community Main Access Gravel Road Stabilization Program. $ 700,000 of this $ 84 million went for additional gravel between 391 and PR
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Before PR 280 existed, the only ways to the northern terminus town of Gillam was via a nearby airport to the southeast of town and the railway line that stretched from Thompson to northern parts of Manitoba. The railway opened in 1929. PR 280 was designated by the Manitoba Ministry of
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After Long Spruce, PR 280 runs west along the southern shore of the Nelson River then turns south and southwest away from the river. The route winds west, then turns to the northwest, approaching the river and Stephens Lake. Paralleling railroad tracks, PR 280 passes an electrical
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Through downtown Gillam, PR 280 reaches a junction with Batnau Road, which marks the eastern terminus of the highway. Batnau Road connects to downtown Gillam.
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Later that same month, local protestors blockaded the road to demand remediation of its unsafe "potholes and ruts". A representative of
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After Moak Lake, PR 280 continues northeast past Wasakamew Lake and Orr Lake while paralleling the
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to Gillam with an unnumbered spur to Sundance. PR 290 was designated on the spur in 1989.
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reported that vehicles were becoming stranded or damaged by "big bogs of mud" on PR 280.
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PR 280 was designated in 1987 as a connector from Thompson to Gillam with a spur to
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to the town Gillam, PR 280 is classified as a Class A1 Provincial Route.
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survey conducted in April 2015, PR 280 was voted the worst road in Manitoba.
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Infrastructure and Transportation in 1987 as a designated gravel road from
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reported trucks, buses and private vehicles becoming stuck in mud.
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1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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On March 28, 2002, the government of Manitoba order out an
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Maintained by Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation
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Index

Provincial Road 280 marker

PR 391
Thompson
PR 290
Jacam
Gillam
Canada
Manitoba
Gillam
Provincial highways in Manitoba
Winnipeg City Routes
PR 279
PR 282
Canadian province
Manitoba
PR 391
Thompson
Gillam
PR 290
Split Lake
Thompson, Manitoba
Sundance
Thompson
Birch Tree Lake
PR 391
Thompson Airport
Mystery Lake
Moak Lake
Burntwood River

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