ABC Highway

ABC Highway
Major junctions
From	Grantley Adams International Airport in Christ Church
To	Cave Hill Campus, University of the West Indies, in Saint Michael
Location
Country	Barbados
Highway system
Highways in Barbados

ABC Highway with two mini buses close to the Sir Garfield Sobers roundabout.

The ABC Highway is the main urban highway in Barbados. Opened in 1989, it is named after three famous Barbadian politicians: John Michael Geoffrey Manningham ("Tom") Adams, Errol Barrow, and Hugh Gordon Cummins. From the east, the highway stretches from the Grantley Adams International Airport in Christ Church, to the western end at Cave Hill Road and University Drive, Cave Hill Campus, University of the West Indies, in Saint Michael. It roughly encircles the Parish of Saint Michael and wider metropolitan area of Bridgetown.

The highway consist of both two-lane and dual carriageway sections with at-grade intersections, mostly roundabouts. A 2006–2007 expansion project enlarged some sections and there was some public sentiment voiced in local media about the project's lack of a competitive tender process or studies to justify costs.

Junctions

#	Major junctions	Area	Parish	Junction(s) with	Notes
1	Tom Adams roundabout (Out of City)	Seawell	Christ Church	Highway 7	Furthest end from Bridgetown, to the east 13°4′49″N 59°29′28″W
2	Henry Forde roundabout	Newton Terrace	Christ Church	Highway T	13°4′49″N 59°31′50″W
3	Edwy Talma roundabout	Kendal Hill	Christ Church	Kendal Hill (main) Road	13°4′42″N 59°33′28″W
4	Errol Barrow roundabout	Graeme Hall	Christ Church	Graeme Hall (main) Road	13°4′38″N 59°34′6″W
5	Christ Church / St. Michael border
6	Sir Garfield Sobers roundabout	Wildey	St. Michael	Highway 6	13°5′13″N 59°34′37″W
7	Wildey (traffic) Triangle	Wildey	St. Michael	Highway 6	13°5′26″N 59°34′50″W
		Wildey	St. Michael	Highway R	Outbound only, due to road divide, (inbound must proceed to J.T.C. roundabout and proceed outbound.)
8	The Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic Roundabout	Wildey	St. Michael		13°5′43″N 59°34′48″W
9	J.T.C. Ramsey (Bussa) roundabout	Haggett Hall	St. Michael	Highway 5	13°6′18″N 59°34′48″W
10	Norman A. Niles roundabout	Rouen	St. Michael	Highway 4	13°6′49″N 59°35′0″W
11	Clyde Walcott roundabout	Friendship/Belle	St. Michael	Highway 3	13°7′36″N 59°35′43″W
12	Everton Weekes roundabout	Warrens	St. Michael	Highway 2	13°8′30″N 59°36′23″W
13	D'Arcy Scott roundabout	Warrens	St. Michael	Ronald Mapp Highway	13°8′34″N 59°36′36″W
14	University Drive (To City)	Cave Hill	St. Michael	University Drive, Cave Hill (main) Road.	Terminus, closest to Bridgetown, in the west. Road continues as University Drive to the Frank Worrel Roundabout. 13°7′54″N 59°38′0″W

Route to port

University Drive, westbound with port in distance.

The ABC Highway has relatively ease of access to the Deep Water Harbour in Bridgetown. At the official western terminus, the road becomes University Drive (at Cave Hill). The road proceeds to the Frank Worrel roundabout where it has a junction with Highway 1 and Spring Garden Highway. From the Frank Worrel roundabout, direct access to the harbour is available via the Spring Garden Highway. At the end of Spring Garden Highway, direct access to the port is accessed by turning right onto President Kennedy Drive.

See also

• List of highways in Barbados

External links

• "Totally Barbados". Retrieved December 5, 2007.
• "Caribbean PressReleases.com". Retrieved December 5, 2007.
• "Barbados Underground". Retrieved December 5, 2007.