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Community Profile - Transportation print

City of Brandon Traffic Information

The City of Brandon Traffic Section provides detailed information on traffic flows, truck routes, parking, road closures, permits, traffic by-laws and other traffic related information. Please visit the City of Brandon Traffic Section website at http://brandon.ca/traffic or call 729-2214.

Traffic Counts

Traffic Counts are available for various roadways within the city. Please contact the Property & Traffic Section for the City of Brandon at Phone: 204-729-2214, Fax: 204-725-3235 or e-mail engineering@brandon.ca

Traffic Counts are also available through the Manitoba Highway Traffic Information System at http://umtig.mgmt.umanitoba.ca/

Transportation and Accessibility

Brandon lies at the junction of major highways and rail services. The Trans-Canada Highway (#1) passes through the City with the added advantage of a new Eastern Access Route: a two lane highway that avoids downtown traffic, is designed for major trade traffic, and leads directly to the industrial district that lies on the eastern edge of the City. Highway #1 connects to Winnipeg and eastern Canada to the east, and to Regina, Calgary and Vancouver to the west.

Provincial Highway #10 is the main north-south route in western Manitoba, connecting the mining and forestry centres of northern Manitoba (Flin Flon, The Pas, Swan River) with a 24-hour border crossing at the International Peace Garden to the south. This crossing connects up with U.S. Highway #2, a major east-west route across the northern States. Highway #10 intersects the Yellowhead Route (#16) just 50 kilometres north of Brandon, providing a major route to Yorkton, Saskatoon and Edmonton.

Both Highways #1 and #10 allow connection to Highway #83, a main north-south route that runs from northern Manitoba to northern Mexico.

Mainline rail service, and a major yard in Brandon, provide CP service east-west in Canada. The mainline CN runs 15 kilometres north of the City.

Commuter air service to the City is provided by Perimeter Airlines (Winnipeg, Dauphin and North). Perimeter provides daily week-day flights for passengers and freight. For additional information please visit their website at www.perimeter.ca. Winnipeg International Airport is about 2 1/2 hours east by road, and 40 minutes by air.

Brandon and Manitoba maps are available at the website www.econdev.brandon.ca/maps.

Detailed information on Brandon roads and future development plans can also be found in the Brandon Area Road Network Development Plan.

Trucking Firms
Ten trucking firms, including the major regional companies, serve Brandon. Virtually all commodities are transhippable to and from Brandon.


Courier Services

Twelve couriers including local, regional, national and international businesses serve Brandon.


Customs
A major customs broker, A. D. Rutherford & Co. Ltd., has offices in Brandon and Winnipeg, and at the major 24-hour border crossings at Emerson and Boissevain. They provide clearance services at any point in Canada.

Contact: (204) 727-0707
Fax: (204) 725-2970


Time in Transport - Brandon to Major Destinations


From Brandon
Truckload

FTL

Less-Than

Truckload

LTL

Rail Carload
Inter-Modal (Piggy Back Van Trailer)
Air
To:
Day(s)
Day(s)
Day(s)
Day(s)
Hours
Vancouver
2.5
2.5
2.5
3
2
Toronto
3
3
2
2
2.25
Montreal
3
3
2
3
3.5
Halifax
6
6
3.5
7
5.25
Portland
2.5
3
3.5
7
5
Los Angeles
5
6
6
10
6
Kansas City
2
3
2.5
6
3.25
Houston
3
4
4
8
5
Denver
2
3
2.5
5
4
Minneapolis
1
2
1
3
1.5
Chicago
2
3
2
7
2
Cincinatti
2
3
2.5
5
4
Pittsburgh
2
3
3
7
4
Boston
3
4
3
10
5
New York
3
4
3
8
4.25
Miami
5
6
5
10
6
Source: The Manitoba Advantage