Beetham Highway
Encyclopedia
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 serious car accident at Beetham Highway.
Highway
A highway is any public road. In American English, the term is common and almost always designates major roads. In British English, the term designates any road open to the public. Any interconnected set of highways can be variously referred to as a "highway system", a "highway network", or a...
in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
. It runs from Barataria
Barataria, Trinidad and Tobago
Barataria is a town in Trinidad and Tobago. It is just east of Port of Spain and Laventille and west of San Juan. It is part of the East-West Corridor.Barataria falls under the San Juan-Laventille Regional Corporation....
(where it connects with the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway
Churchill-Roosevelt Highway
The Churchill–Roosevelt Highway is the major east-west highway in Trinidad and Tobago. It runs for from Barataria in the west to Wallerfield in the east where it ends in the former US Army base on Fort Read. It crosses the north-south Uriah Butler Highway at Valsayn...
) into downtown Port of Spain
Port of Spain
Port of Spain, also written as Port-of-Spain, is the capital of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third-largest municipality, after San Fernando and Chaguanas. The city has a municipal population of 49,031 , a metropolitan population of 128,026 and a transient daily population...
where it meets Wrightson Road
Wrightson Road
Wrightson Road links downtown Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago with the Audrey Jeffers Highway. It runs from the area of the Eric Williams Financial Complex to meet the Audrey Jeffers Highway near the Hasely Crawford Stadium...
. It was constructed between 1955 and 1956.
The highway was named for former Governor
Governor
A governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...
Sir Edward Betham Beetham
Edward Beetham
Sir Edward "Eddy" Betham Beetham served as Governor of Trinidad and Tobago between 1955 and 1960. He presided over the transition to elected internal self-government. Beetham was the last British colonial governor. The Beetham Highway in Port of Spain is named after him....
. On January 2009, world boxing champion Jiselle Salandy died after a serious car accident at Beetham Highway.