Manitoba's main artery to the United States, Highway 75, has finally and fully emerged from the flood waters and reopened to traffic.

Sections of the 96-kilometre stretch of road had been washed out since April 7. But as of Wednesday morning, it is clear from Winnipeg through to the Manitoba-U.S. border, the provincial government announced.

The only place where the highway's four lanes aren't all operating is at the Morris River bridge.

The crossing, at the north end of that community, is down to one lane in each direction as high water is still lapping at the edges.

Kerry Brandt of Morris-based Brandt Trucking said the reopening brings an end to the frustration of long and expensive detours.

He said an average of 200 kilometres in each direction had to be added to trucking trips over the last five weeks, costing his business $15,000 a week in added expenses.

"It's pretty much impossible to make that up," he said. "You just have to be more diligent and try to keep your costs down [and] keep your revenues up to try to recoup that. But as far as actually being able to recoup that specific cost, I'm not aware of any way of doing that at this specific point."