en Manitoba Provincial Road 493

Provincial Road 493
Provincial Road 493
Mine Road
Route information
	Maintained by Department of Infrastructure
Length	97.3 km (60.5 mi)
Major junctions
South end	PR 391 in Leaf Rapids
North end	South Indian Lake
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Towns	Leaf Rapids
Highway system
	Provincial highways in Manitoba; Winnipeg City Routes;

Provincial Road 493 (PR 493), also known as Mine Road, is an unpaved gravel road located in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The road, located in northwestern Manitoba, is 97.3 kilometres (60.5 mi) long. PR 493 provides the only road access to Ruttan Mine and the O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation reserve community of South Indian Lake.

Route description

PR 493's southern terminus is a junction with PR 391 in Leaf Rapids. Nearly 23 kilometres (14 mi) into the route, it crosses Brehaut Lake at Ruttan Mine. PR 493 then continues northeast, and crossing causeways over Issett Lake twice, as well as traversing Issett Island. After crossing a Cable Ferry over Southern Indian Lake, the route reaches its northern terminus in downtown South Indian Lake.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Major intersections

Division	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Town of Leaf Rapids		0.0	0.0	PR 391 – Lynn Lake, Thompson	Western terminus
		20.5	12.7	Causeway over Brehaut Lake
		22.9	14.2	Ruttan Mine	Access road into mine
23		38.1– 38.5	23.7– 23.9	Causeway over Issett Lake
		56.0– 56.5	34.8– 35.1	Causeway over Issett Lake
		60.1– 60.4	37.3– 37.5	Causeway over Issett Lake
O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation		92.7– 92.9	57.6– 57.7	C.F. Johnny Paul Cable Ferry over Southern Indian Lake
	South Indian Lake	96.3	59.8	Airport Road – South Indian Lake Airport	Access road into airport
	South Indian Lake	97.3	60.5	Airport Road / Spence Street / Way Pa Nee Kees Kan Now Road	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi