Hummingbird Highway, Stann Creek, Belize

Hummingbird Highway is one of the four major

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Belize Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a wate ...

. It connects the

George Price Highway The George Price Highway is one of four main highways in Belize. It originates in Belize City, runs west through Hattieville, the Belize Zoo, the capital city of Belmopan (northern outskirts), San Ignacio, San José Succotz (across the river fro ...

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Belmopan Belmopan () is the capital city of Belize. Its population in 2010 was 16,451. In addition to being the smallest capital city in the continental Americas by population, Belmopan is the third-largest settlement in Belize, behind Belize City and S ...

Cayo District Cayo District is a district located in the west part of Belize. It is the most extensive, second-most populous and third-most densely populated of the six districts of Belize. The district's capital is the town of San Ignacio. Geography Being ...

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Southern Highway In Belize, the TV Ramos Highway takes up where the Hummingbird Highway ends and runs from Dangriga to Punta Gorda, Belize, Punta Gorda. It is entirely paved, with the completion of a 10-mile segment between Golden Stream and Big Falls circa 2008� ...

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Dangriga Dangriga, formerly known as Stann Creek Town, is a town in southern Belize, located on the Caribbean coast at the mouth of the North Stann Creek River. It is the capital of Belize's Stann Creek District. Dangriga is served by the Dangriga Airpo ...

Stann Creek District Stann Creek District is a district in the south east region of Belize. According to the 2010 census, the district had a population of 32,166 people. Its capital is the town of Dangriga, formerly known as "Stann Creek Town." Stann comes from "stan ...

. It partially follows, and sometimes uses the infrastructure of, the former

Stann Creek Railway The Stann Creek Railway was used from 1908 to 1938 as a long gauge narrow gauge railway from Commerce Bight to Middlesex, Belize, Middlesex in Belize. Background The British Honduras Syndicate opened a mule-drawn railway in 1892 from its main ...

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Rail transport in Belize There is no active Rail transport in Belize, although there were lines in the past. Overview Historically, one of the major railways in Belize was the Stann Creek Railway used by United Fruit, which connected Middlesex Estate with the port of D ...

). A paving project was completed in 1994. All the

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produced in Belize travels along this highway to the two major processing plants in Stann Creek district. There are quite a few small villages along the highway. A new bridge was completed over the

Sibun River The Sibun River (Xibun River, formerly Sheboon River) is a river in Belize which drains a large central portion of the country. The Sibun ( Xibun) were ancient Maya people who inhabited the region. The headwaters of the Sibun River are located wi ...

in 2004, and a new bridge inaugurated in 2006 across Silver Creek; however, there are still quite a few one-lane dilapidated bridges over numerous creeks and streams. The traffic along the Hummingbird Highway has been on the increase lately due to an increase in demand for eco-tourism and the passage of petroleum trucks, which use the Highway as a shortcut en route to the George Price Highway (which terminates at the Guatemala border). The Hummingbird Highway is the only Highway in Belize which cuts through the mountains of Belize. The highway rests in a valley which comprises citrus orchards in the lowland and untouched jungle habitat on the outskirts and beyond.

Junction list

{, class=wikitable , - !District !km !Mile !Destination !Notes , - , rowspan=5, Cayo , 0.0 , 0.0 ,

, Elevation, 43 m , - , 1.2 , 0.7 , Forest Drive , Northern access into

, - , 2.3 , 1.4 , Constitution Drive , Traffic circle junction; the main artery into central Belmopan , - , 29.9 , 18.6 , Bridge over

, Elevation, 75 m , - , 55.8 , 34.7 , Bridge over

Mullins River Mullins River is the name of both a river and of a village on that river in the Stann Creek District of Belize. The village of Mullins River is located at the mouth of the river of the same name on the coast of the Caribbean Sea, north of Dangri ...

, Elevation, 102 m , - , rowspan=3, Stann Creek , 73.6 , 45.7 , South end of Coastal Highway (Manatee Highway) , Extends 57 km to

; elevation, 24 metres , - , 77.6 , 48.2 ,

, Elevation, 21 metres , - , 86.4 , 53.7 , End of highway at traffic circle, joining Havana Street in

, Elevation, 3 metres Roads in Belize Cayo District Stann Creek District