Old Parham Road

Old Parham Road
Road 19
Route information
Length10.6 km (6.6 mi)
Major junctions
FromGovernment House Roundabout in St. John's
To Road 20 (Sir Sydney Walling Highway) in Vernons
Location
CountryAntigua and Barbuda
Highway system

Old Parham Road is a highway[a] in Antigua.[2] The highway passes through Saint John, Saint George, and Saint Peter and is one of the most important east–west highways on the island.[3] It traverses a wide variety of landscapes including urban and rural settlement, agricultural lands, mangroves, and forests.[4] It also serves as the basis of many constituency boundaries.[5] Major settlements on the highway include St. John's, Cassada Gardens, Piggotts, Fitches Creek, Paynters, Parham, and Vernons.[6] Major junctions include Wireless Road and Simon Bolivar Drive (1.4 km), Sir George Walter Highway (3.0 km), Burma Road (3.6 km), Paynters Road (4.1 km), Fitches Creek Drive and Coconut Drive (4.7 km), St. George's Drive (6.0 km), unnamed road to Sir Vivian Richards Stadium (6.9 km), unnamed road in Parham (8.4 km), and a second unnamed road in Parham (8.9 km). It terminates at the Sir Sydney Walling Highway in Vernons (10.6 km).[3]

Junctions

ParishLocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Saint JohnSt. John's0.00.0Government House Roundabout
1.40.87Wireless Road and Simon Bolivar Drive
Cassada Gardens3.01.9Sir George Walter Highway
Saint GeorgePiggotts3.62.2Burma Road
4.12.5Paynters Road
Paynters4.72.9Fitches Creek Drive and Coconut Drive
Fitches Creek6.03.7St. George's Drive
6.94.3Unnamed road #1
Saint PeterParham8.45.2Unnamed road #2
8.95.5Unnamed road #3
Vernons10.66.6Sir Sydney Walling Highway and Jonas Road
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Notes

  1. ^ Officially designated as such by the government.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Proposal made for one-way traffic on Factory and Old Parham roads". Antigua Observer Newspaper. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
  2. ^ "MAP OF OLD PARHAM ROAD, ST. JOHN". Retrieved 2026-02-08.
  3. ^ a b "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
  4. ^ "Land Cover 2010". www.arcgis.com. Retrieved 2026-02-07.
  5. ^ Order No. 50 of 2008 (PDF).
  6. ^ "Antigua enumeration districts 2011". Archived from the original on 2023-02-09. Retrieved 2026-01-02.

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