Unpaved section of Southern Highway south of Nim Li Punit
In Belize, the Southern Highway takes up where the Hummingbird Highway ends and runs from Dangriga to Punta Gorda. It is entirely paved, with the completion of a 10-mile segment between Golden Stream and Big Falls circa 2007-08. The Southern Highway provides important access to a number of Mayan ruins and natural areas. The ancient Mayan sites of Nim Li Punit and Lubaantun are each situated within a few miles west of the highway in southern Belize; the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary is several miles west of the highway in south-central Belize.
[edit] Junction list
| Location |
km |
Mile |
Destination |
Notes |
| Toledo |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Hummingbird Highway |
Elevation, 21 m |
| 16.1 |
10.0 |
Road into Commerce Bight |
Elevation, 23 m |
| 19.8 |
12.3 |
Road into Hopkins |
Elevation, 19 m |
| 31.1 |
19.3 |
Placencia Road –Placencia, Riversdale, Seine Bight |
Elevation, 30 metres |
| 70.5 |
43.8 |
Turnoff to Monkey River Town |
Elevation, 20 m |
| Stann Creek |
124.6 |
77.4 |
Turnoff to Silver Creek, San Miguel, San Pedro Columbia |
Elevation, 29 m |
| 133.7 |
83.1 |
Road to Toledo District – Jimmy Cut, Pueblo Viejo, Blue Creek, Aguacate, Otoxha and Dolores |
Elevation, 24 metres |
| 138.6 |
86.1 |
Machaca Forest Station |
Elevation, 34 m |
| 143.0 |
88.9 |
Road to Piebra, Barranco, Conejo, Crique Sarco |
Elevation, 15 m |
| 148.3 |
92.1 |
West access road – Punta Gorda |
Elevation, 24 m |
| 156.2 |
97.1 |
West access road |
Terminus of highway; elevation, 7 metres |
