Provincial Trunk Highway 34 (PTH 34) is a provincial highway in the Canadian

Canada

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 province of Manitoba

Manitoba

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. It runs from the U.S. border (where it meets with ND 20

North Dakota Highway 20

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) to PTH 16 at the town of Gladstone

Gladstone, Manitoba

Gladstone is a town in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is located on the Yellowhead Highway at the intersection with Highway 34 within the boundaries of the Rural Municipality of Westbourne...

.

PTH 34 is two lanes and runs north-south in the south-central region of the province. It is the main highway for the towns of Crystal City

Crystal City, Manitoba

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, Pilot Mound

Pilot Mound, Manitoba

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, and Holland

Holland, Manitoba

Holland, Manitoba is a community in the Rural Municipality of Victoria, in Manitoba.It is located at the junction of Highway 2 and Highway 34, along the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks....

. While the village of Austin

Austin, Manitoba

Austin is a community in western Manitoba on the Trans-Canada Highway about west of Winnipeg. It is part of the Rural Municipality of North Norfolk. It sits at the western edge of the table-flat Portage Plains, but to the south and west is surrounded by miles of low wooded hills known as the...

 is actually located 1 km east of the highway along PTH 1, the highway itself provides access to Austin's Agricultural Museum

Manitoba Agricultural Museum

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, which hosts the annual Thresherman's Reunion and Stampede each July.

The speed limit is 90 km/h (55 mph).

Route History

PTH 34 first appeared on the 1955 Manitoba Highway Map. When it was first added, the highway was a much shorter route between Gladstone and Holland, with the southern terminus located at PTH 2. The section between PTH 3 and the US border was designated as PTH 17. The highway was extended to its current length and the southern portion renumbered in the early 1960s.