The Audrey Jeffers Highway is a highway in
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...
. It runs west from
Downtown Port of Spain
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to
Cocorite. The highway runs from the
Hasely Crawford Stadium
The Hasely Crawford Stadium, formerly the National Stadium, is located in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. It was inaugurated and formally opened by Prime Minister George Chambers on 12 June 1982. On 30 December 1996, Prime Minister Basdeo Pa ...
to the Cocorite area parallel to
Mucurapo Road and the
Western Main Road The Western Main Road is the main road in Trinidad and Tobago that runs west from Green Corner in downtown Port of Spain, through St. James, where it is the main thoroughfare, til the Military Base in Chaguaramas.
It is most notable as the sce ...
in
St. James. It is named in honour of
Audrey Jeffers Audrey Layne Jeffers CM, OBE (12 February 1898 – 24 June 1968) was a Trinidadian social worker and the first female member of the Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago.
Life
Born in Woodbrook, Port of Spain, Trinidad,[< ...]
, a
social work
Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession concerned with meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole to enhance their individual and collective well-being. Social work ...
er and Trinidad and Tobago's first female
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
.
Exit List
The following table lists the major junctions along the Audrey Jeffers Highway. The entire route is located in Trinidad.
Roads in Trinidad and Tobago
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