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Originally Posted by 0773|=\
At this point, when I drive from Edmonton to Winnipeg, it's much faster to just drive to Saskatoon, down to Regina, and then follow the #1 to Winnipeg. Two-lane highways can really slow you down if there's ANY traffic on the road. I don't think the traffic warrants two twinned highways, especially since SK 11 from Saskatoon to Regina also runs south-east.
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The largest center between Saskatoon and Winnipeg on TCH 16 is Yorkton (pop. 15,000) and it's only an extra 46 km to take TCH 1 & SK 11 between Saskatoon and Winnipeg - I also do not thinking twinning the route is warrented.
With the Yellowhead/Trans Canada Hwy through western Canada, you could almost get away declassify certain sections as being part of the Trans Canada Highway - Hwy 16 between Saskatoon and Portgage La Prairie and Hwy 16 west of Tete Jeaune Cache through northern BC. In turn, SK 11 and BC 5 could be added and renumbered to one current route and then more focus could be placed on improving those routes (specifically BC 5).