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Valley Road (Antigua)

highway in Antigua

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ138119793 ↗
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Valley Road is a highway in Antigua. One of the busiest roads in the country, it links St. John's to Urlings in the southern area of Saint Mary. Valley Road starts at Market Street in downtown St. John's and continues south to the junction with Tindale Road at 1.1 kilometres. At 2.5 kilometres there is a second junction with Tindale Road. The road crosses over Cooks Creek at Big Creek Bridge in Creekside at 3.6 kilometres. The road passes through Jennings, central Bolans, Jolly Harbour (with a junction at 8.8 km) and then follows Antigua's southwest coast through Crabs Hill and Johnsons Point. The road ends at Andy Roberts Drive in Urlings. The road has double-lane traffic for the entirety of the route.

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