The highway is intended to service the industrial lands west of James Armstrong Richardson Winnipeg International Airport, which will be a part of the CentrePort Canada cargo hub.

It is numbered for its ultimate role in connecting Highway 1 with Winnipeg Route 90.

[2] PTH 190 is one of four three-digit urban expressway routes in the Manitoba highway network.

[3] The expressway was officially opened at a ribbon cutting ceremony attended by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger, and Diane Gray, CentrePort Canada President and CEO.

[4] The Province of Manitoba has plans to extend CentrePort Canada Way west to the Highway 1 / Highway 26 intersection near St. François Xavier, bypassing the signalized intersections in Headingley and also referred to as the Headingley Bypass.