Beetham Highway

Beetham Highway
Route information
Length 8 km (5 mi)
Existed 1956. – present
Major junctions
West end Barataria
East end Downtown Port of Spain
Location
Major cities Port of Spain

The Beetham Highway is a major highway in Trinidad and Tobago. It runs from Barataria (where it connects with the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway) into downtown Port of Spain where it meets Wrightson Road. It was constructed between 1955 and 1956.

The highway was named for former Governor Sir Edward Betham Beetham. On January 2009, world boxing champion Jiselle Salandy died after a car crash at Beetham Highway.

References

  • Anthony, Michael (2001). Historical Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago. Scarecrow Press, Inc. Lanham, Md., and London. ISBN 0-8108-3173-2.


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