Sir Sydney Walling Highway

Sir Sydney Walling Highway
Road 20
Route information
Length6.5 km (4.0 mi)
Major junctions
FromFactory Road in Scotts Hill
ToMount Joy Roundabout in Vernons
Location
CountryAntigua and Barbuda
Highway system

The Sir Sydney Walling Highway is a major east–west highway in Antigua. It travels through Saint John, Saint George, and Saint Peter and ends at the roundabout with Jonas Road and the Sir Robin Yearwood Highway. The road travels primarily through rural settlement and grazing lands.[1] The highway was named after Sydney Walling in 2006, a successful cricket batsman who died in 2009 at the age of 102.[2] It is the main highway of Saint George and links the St. John's area to eastern Antigua. There are several major junctions, including with Mahico Drive and Sir George Walter Highway at 0.1 km, Paynters Road at 1.2 km, Sea View Farm Main Road at 2.4 km, a roundabout at 3.6 km leading to Fleming Street and the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, a second junction with Fleming Street at 4.8 km, and a junction with Old Parham Road at 5.9 km. It terminates at the Mount Joy Roundabout in Vernons (6.5 km).[3] The highway is a focus of the Infrastructural Rehabilitation Road Project and has received upgrades from this work.[4] Resurfacing work was done on the highway in 2023.[5] The road is the focus of multiple village and political boundaries.[6] Major settlements include Piggotts, Paynters, and Vernons.[7]

Junctions

ParishLocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Saint JohnScotts Hill0.00.0Factory Road and Burning Flames Highway
0.10.062Mahico Drive and Sir George Walter Highway
Saint GeorgePiggotts1.20.75Paynters Road
Paynters2.41.5Sea View Farm Main Road
3.62.2Fleming Street
4.83.0Fleming Street
Saint PeterVernons5.93.7Old Parham Road
6.54.0Mount Joy Roundabout
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ "Land Cover 2010". www.arcgis.com. Retrieved 2026-02-07.
  2. ^ "Sir Sydney Walling". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  3. ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
  4. ^ 2021 Budget Summary (PDF).
  5. ^ "2024 Budget Statement" (PDF).
  6. ^ Order No. 50 of 2008 (PDF).
  7. ^ "Antigua enumeration districts 2011". Archived from the original on 2023-02-09. Retrieved 2026-01-02.

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