Manitoba Provincial Road 374

PR 374 begins at an intersection with PR 373 and a local road which connects to Whiskey Jack Landing on the shores of Kiskittogisu Lake. A two-lane gravel road, PR 374 runs northeast from PR 373 and makes a wide bend past a dirt road to nearby Cross Lake. The route winds northeast for several kilometres, turning into an asphalt all-weather road. PR 374 then reaches the Kichi Sipi Bridge (Great River in Cree), crossing over the Nelson River near Pipestone Lake. Passing west of Wawe Lake, PR 374 runs northward reaching the shores of Cross Lake. Running northeast along the eastern shoreline, the route makes a gradual bend and turns southwest along the western shore. After making the bend, PR 374 goes from a rural two-lane road to passing some residences, connecting via local dirt roads. The route bends westward and reaches a junction with Airport Road, which connects PR 374 to Cross Lake Airport. At Airport Road, the route turns north along the Nelson River and Cross Lake. After crossing the water, PR 374 passes west of another residential neighborhood of Cross Lake. The route turns west after a second bridge, running along the southern end of the city of Cross Lake. PR 374 makes a bend to the north and terminates at a junction with Ethel McLeod Drive and Airport Road, where provincial maintenance ends. Airport Road connects to Cross Lake (Charlie Sinclair Memorial) Airport. == History ==

The alignment that would become PR 374 was first graded by 1986, providing the first road access to Cross Lake as part of construction to Jenpeg. PR 374 was first designated by the province of Manitoba in 1994 as a spur from PR 373 to Cross Lake. This included a ferry across the Nelson River in the middle of the road, and was all gravel. which involved several different locations to replace the ferry across the river. In order to choose the final location, engineers had to study the environment of where to build the bridge, as well as the economic impact of constructing the road and for the city of Cross Lake. The final design proposal involved a four-lane long bridge across the Nelson River. The new bridge would be located downstream from the ferry crossing. This new alignment also involved re-aligning of PR 374 to the new bridge instead of the ferry. The construction of the bridge was constructed ahead of schedule and at-budget, with no overruns. By 2015, only the portion of PR 373 from the 14-kilometre point to the Kichi Sipi Bridge was paved. Instead, the first section was delayed to be completed by the 2019 fiscal year. ==Junction list==