[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":33},["ShallowReactive",2],{"bridge-229":3,"map-data-bridge-229":31},{"id":4,"name":5,"surface":6,"material":6,"historyMd":7,"lat":8,"lng":9,"startDateConstruction":10,"endDateDemolished":11,"districtId":12,"roadId":13,"district":14,"road":17},229,"Seven Sisters Bridge #1","concrete","The bridge at Mile 14, Stann Creek Valley Road was reconstructed in 1960.\u003Cref>Colonial Report of British Honduras 1959-61\u003C/ref>",16.98953,-88.40073,"1960","2016",5,8,{"id":12,"name":15,"ref":16},"Stann Creek","SC",{"id":13,"name":18,"lengthM":19,"startDate":20,"districtId":12,"historyMd":21,"articleRating":22,"ohmChronologyId":23,"osmRelationId":24,"shapeId":25,"lat":26,"lng":27,"ref":28,"isArterial":29,"isFeeder":30,"isDistributor":30},"Hummingbird Highway",87620,"1954-04-03","The **Hummingbird Highway**, alternatively known as Route AR3 in the internal highway numbering system, is one of the four major highways in Belize. It traverses the Stann Creek Valley from the [[roundabout:9]] in [[settlement:79]] through the Maya Mountains and ends at the [[roundabout:2]] in [[settlement:14]].\u003Cref>https://www.nationalassembly.gov.bz/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SI-No.-90-of-2023-Public-Roads-Names-and-Description-of-Highways-Order-2023.pdf\u003C/ref> It connects the [[road:7]], to the [[road:5]] 6 miles outside of [[settlement:79]]. It partially follows, and sometimes uses the infrastructure of the former Stann Creek Railway.\n\n# History\nIn 1949 a reconnaissance survey was commenced for the Roaring Creek-Middlesex Road, and approximately 18 1/4 miles of road was located. The reconnaissance was completed by the middle of 1950, with another 22 miles surveyed, bringing the total distance to 32.5 miles.\u003Cref>https://ia801001.us.archive.org/20/items/colonial-report-brit-honduras-1948/ColonialReportBritHonduras1948.pdf\u003C/ref> The alignment was declared a Public Road on January 14, 1949.\u003Cref>https://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00011470/00005\u003C/ref>\n\nBy March 1954 the Hummingbird Highway was completed with a surface width of 12 feet and opened to the public by the Governor on April 3.\u003Cref>Colonial Report of British Honduras 1954\u003C/ref>\u003Cref>https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/880211468199161639/pdf/UNN22000Britis00development0program.pdf\u003C/ref>\n\nThe road was financed Great Britain as a Colonial Development and Welfare grant. At each end of the road a board was erected that read: \n\"ROARING CREEK---MIDDLESEX ROAD.\nKNOWN AS THE HUMMING BIRD HIGHWAY.\n\nPRESENTED TO THE PEOPLE OF BRITISH HONDURAS\nBY THE PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN.\n\nSURVEYED BY THE SURVEY DEPARTMENT\nFROM 16. 8. 49 TO 30 .6. 51.\n\nCONSTRUCTED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT\nFROM 6. 2. 50 TO 31. 3. 54.\n\nCOST $2,083,537.\nLENGTH 32½ MILES\n\nOPENED TO TRAFFIC BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR\nP. M. RENISON, ESQ., C.M.G., ON THE 3rd APRIL, 1954. \"\n\nExcept on the Middlesex side the sign started with MIDDLESEX---ROARING CREEK ROAD\n\nIn 2002 the western approach to the Sibun Bridge was washed away from floods.\u003Cref>https://archive.channel5belize.com/archives/17003\u003C/ref>\n\nA massive flood event happened on June 11, 2026. The [[waterway:208]] flooded the road at the Southern Regional Hospital, at mile 7 between Xaibel Gas Station and [[road:70]], and on the west side of [[settlement:120]].\u003Cref>https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1H4YN6CAAx/\u003C/ref> And then on June 24 the road collapsed over [[waterway:28]] which was immediately repaired.\u003Cref>https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1c4eGWJye8/\u003C/ref>\n\n## Etymology\nThis highway has always been called the Hummingbird Highway.\u003Cref>https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/AA/00/05/43/44/00001/AA00054344_00001.pdf\u003C/ref>\n\n## Paving Project\nIn October 1988 the Commission of the European Communities (CEC) signed an agreement with the Government of Belize within the terms of the Lome Convention III to provide funding for the Improvement of the Hummingbird Highway.\u003Cref>https://archives.gov.bz/assessment-studies-report/\u003C/ref>\u003Cref>https://www.iadb.org/en/project/BL0001\u003C/ref>\n\nCisco Construction was given the initial contract and did such a good job that on March 17, 1998 they were given a second contract to complete the remaining 10 miles from the [[bridge:30]] to [[roundabout:12]]. The total cost of the second contract was $20.5 million with the government providing 3.5 million, and the rest coming in the form of a loan from the Caribbean Development Bank.\u003Cref>https://archive.channel5belize.com/archives/25181\u003C/ref>",4,2892278,9126103,283,17.05127,-88.56194,"3",true,false,{"extraChronologyRelationIds":32},[],1782701129478]