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{{Short description|International tourist route}}
{{Infobox road
|country=CAN
|name=MOM's Way
|map=
|length_km=657
|length_ref=<ref name="km">{{google maps|title=Highway 12 in Manitoba|url=https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.3701528,-95.703662,9.5z|access-date=December 9, 2017}}<br />{{cite web | title = Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) counts | author = Ministry of Transportation of Ontario | author-link = Ministry of Transportation of Ontario | year = 2010 | url = http://www.raqsb.mto.gov.on.ca/techpubs/TrafficVolumes.nsf/tvweb?OpenForm&Seq=5 | access-date = March 3, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110706192209/http://www.raqsb.mto.gov.on.ca/techpubs/TrafficVolumes.nsf/tvweb?OpenForm&Seq=5 | archive-date = July 6, 2011 | url-status = dead }}<br />{{cite web |url=http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/statelpt.pdf |title=Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing |format=PDF |publisher=Minnesota Department of Transportation |access-date=December 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120914220734/http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/statelpt.pdf |archive-date=September 14, 2012 }}</ref>
|allocation={{plainlist|
*{{Jct|state=MB|PTH|12}}
*{{Jct|state=MN|MN|313}}
*{{Jct|state=MN|MN|11}}
*{{Jct|state=MN|MN|72}}
*{{Jct|state=ON|Shield|11}}}}
|established=
|direction_a=West
|direction_b=East
|terminus_a= {{jct|state=MB|TCH|1|PTH|12}} east of [[Winnipeg]]
|junction=
|terminus_b= {{jct|state=ON|Shield|11|Shield|17|Shield|61}} in [[Thunder Bay, Ontario|Thunder Bay]]
|provinces = [[Manitoba]], [[Minnesota]], [[Ontario]]
|system={{Infobox road/browselinks/CAN|province=MB}}
|system1={{Infobox road/browselinks/USA|state=MN}}
|system2={{Infobox road/browselinks/CAN|province=ON|type=Hwy}}
}}

'''MOM's Way''' is the name for a series of highways in the [[Canada|Canadian]] provinces of [[Ontario]] and [[Manitoba]], and the [[U.S. state]] of [[Minnesota]]. The name "MOM" is an [[acronym]] for Manitoba, Ontario, and Minnesota, the two provinces and one state traversed by this multi-highway route.  MOM's Way provides a secondary route between the cities of [[Winnipeg, Manitoba]] and [[Thunder Bay, Ontario]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Manitoba Designates New Tourism Route, Adds More Promotional Signs|url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/press/top/2005/04/2005-04-15-01.html|website=Legislative Electronic Publications|publisher=Province of Manitoba|access-date=August 18, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184614/https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/press/top/2005/04/2005-04-15-01.html|archive-date=September 30, 2007|date=April 15, 2007}}</ref>  Many segments of MOM's Way are connected to the [[Old Dawson Trail]], the first all-Canadian route between Thunder Bay and Winnipeg.

The roads included along the route are:
*[[Manitoba Highway 12]] between the [[Trans-Canada Highway]] ([[Manitoba Highway 1|PTH 1]]), {{cvt|40|km}} east of Winnipeg, through [[Steinbach, Manitoba|Steinbach]] and [[Sprague, Manitoba|Sprague]], to the Minnesota border.
*[[Minnesota State Highway 313]] between the Manitoba border and [[Warroad, Minnesota|Warroad]].
*[[Minnesota State Highway 11]] between Warroad and [[Baudette, Minnesota|Baudette]].
*[[Minnesota State Highway 72]] through Baudette to the Ontario border.
*[[Ontario Highway 11]] from the Minnesota border, through [[Rainy River, Ontario|Rainy River]] and [[Fort Frances]], to [[Thunder Bay]].
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== Major intersections ==
From west to east.
{{Jctinttop|nocty=yes|state_col=State/Province|unit=km|length_ref=<ref name="km"/>}}
{{Jctint
|state=MB
|sspan=4
|location_special=near [[Ste. Anne, Manitoba|Ste. Anne]]
|km=0.0
|road={{jct|state=MB|PTH|12|dir1=north|city1=Beausejour}}<hr />{{jct|state=MB|TCH|1|location1=[[Kenora, ON|Kenora]]|city2=Winnipeg}}
|notes=Interchange; PTH&nbsp;1 exit 375; MOM's Way western terminus
}}
{{MBint
|location=Ste. Anne
|km=2.7
|road={{jct|state=MB|PR|207|name1=[[Dawson Road]]|city1=Lorette|city2=Richer}}
|notes=Interchange
}}
{{MBint
|location=Steinbach
|km=19.9
|road={{jct|state=MB|PTH|52|name1=Main Street|city1=Mitchell|city2=La Broquerie}}
}}
{{MBint
|location=none
|km=100.6
|road={{jct|state=MB|PTH|89|dir1=south|PR|203|dir2=north|city1=Piney|city2=Badger}}
}}
{{Jctplace
|type=trans
|river=[[Canada–United States border]]<br />([[Warroad–Sprague Border Crossing]])
|km=147.6
|place={{Jct|state=MB|PTH|12|dir1=ends}} • {{Jct|state=MN|MN|313|dir1=begins}}
}} 
{{Jctint
|state=MN
|sspan=3
|location=Warroad
|type=trans
|km=157.7
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|11|MN|313|dir1=west|dir2=ends|city1=Roseau}}
|notes=MOM's Way follows MN&nbsp;11 east
}}
{{Jctint
|state=MN
|location=Baudette
|lspan=2
|km=216.5
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|172|dir1=north|city1=Wheeler's Point}}
}}
{{Jctint
|km=218.0
|type=trans
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|11|MN|72|dir1=east|dir2=south|city1=International Falls|city2=Blackduck}}
|notes=MOM's Way follows MN&nbsp;72 north
}}
{{Jctplace
|river=[[Canada–United States border]]<br />([[Baudette–Rainy River Border Crossing]])
|type=trans
|km=218.8
|place=[[Baudette–Rainy River International Bridge]] across [[Rainy River (Minnesota–Ontario)|Rainy River]]<hr />{{Jct|state=MN|MN|72|dir1=ends}} • {{Jct|state=ON|Shield|11|dir1=begins}}
}}
{{Jctint
|state=ON
|sspan=8
|location=Rainy River
|km=219.1
|road={{jcon|Hwy|600|B Street|dir=north}}
}}
{{ONint
|location=&nbsp;
|km=270.9
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=ON|Hwy|71|TCH|dir1=north|city1=Kenora}}
|notes=West end of Highway&nbsp;71 concurrency; west end of TCH designation
}}
{{ONint
|location=Fort Frances
|km=312.8
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=ON|Hwy|71|dir1=south|location1=[[International Falls, Minnesota|International Falls]]}}
|notes=East end of Highway&nbsp;71 concurrency
}}
{{ONint
|location=&nbsp;
|km=457.3
|road={{jct|state=ON|Hwy|11B|dir1=north|city1=Atikokan}}
}}
{{ONint
|location=Shabaqua Corner
|km=592.6
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=ON|Hwy|17|TCH|dir1=west|city1=Dryden|city2=Kenora}}
|notes=West end of Highway&nbsp;17 concurrency
}}
{{ONint
|location=&nbsp;
|lspan=2
|km=613.6
|road={{jct|state=ON|Hwy|102|dir1=east|name1=Dawson Road}}
}}
{{ONint
|km=644.5
|road={{jct|state=ON|Hwy|130|name1=Arthur Street|city1=Rosslyn}}
}}
{{ONint
|location=Thunder Bay
|km=656.7
|road={{jct|state=ON|Hwy|11|Hwy|17|Hwy|61|TCH|dir1=east|dir2=east|dir3=south|city1=Cochrane|city2=Sault Ste. Marie|location3=[[Duluth, Minnesota|Duluth]]}}<hr />[[Harbour Expressway]] east
|notes=MOM's Way eastern terminus
}}
{{jctbtm|keys=concur,trans}}

==See also==
*[[Old Dawson Trail]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{MBHighways}}

[[Category:Roads in Thunder Bay District]]
[[Category:Roads in Rainy River District]]
[[Category:Roads in Manitoba]]
[[Category:Roads in Minnesota]]
[[Category:Transport in Steinbach, Manitoba]]