Route Description
Provincial Road 200 begins as a continuation of Winnipeg Route 52 immediately south of the Perimeter Highway in Winnipeg. It continues to be known as St. Mary's Road (French: Chemin St. Mary's or, rarely, Chemin Ste. Marie) as it 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 the Town of Emerson. At the south end of Emerson, Provincial Road 200 comes to an intersection only 3 metres from the American border, and turns west, going over the Red River, where it ends at Highway 75. Prior to 2012, Provincial Road 200 ended at the intersection and the road going east-west was Highway 75. The road going east from the 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 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 Provincial Road 200 is paved, but sections of the road between Manitoba Provincial Road 305 and Manitoba Highway 23 are still gravel. The Red River Trail south of Ste. Agathe is continued by Provincial Road 245.
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