Southern Highway (Belize)


In Belize, the Southern Highway takes up where the Hummingbird Highway ends and runs from Dangriga to Punta Gorda. It is entirely paved, with the completion of a 10-mile segment between Golden Stream and Big Falls circa 2008–09. The Southern Highway provides important access to a number of Mayan ruins and natural areas. The ancient Mayan sites of Nim Li Punit and Lubaantun are each situated a few miles west of the highway in southern Belize. The Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary is several miles west of the highway in south-central Belize.
In 2011, a project was initiated, and complete by 2015, to extend the Southern Highway 21.4 mi/34.5 km to Jalacte in southwestern Belize.

Junction list

LocationkmMileDestinationNotes
Stann Creek0.00.0Hummingbird HighwayElevation, 21 m
Stann Creek16.110.0Road into Commerce BightElevation, 23 m
Stann Creek19.812.3Road into HopkinsElevation, 19 m
Stann Creek31.119.3Placencia Road –Placencia, Riversdale, Seine BightElevation, 30 metres
Stann Creek70.543.8Turnoff to Monkey River TownElevation, 20 m
Toledo124.677.4Turnoff to Silver Creek, San Miguel, San Pedro ColumbiaElevation, 29 m
Toledo133.783.1Junction: road southeast to Toledo District – Punta Gorda; northwest along Jalacte road to Jimmy Cut, Pueblo Viejo, Blue Creek, Aguacate, Otoxha and DoloresElevation, 24 metres
Toledo138.686.1Machaca Forest StationElevation, 34 m
Toledo143.088.9Road to Piebra, Barranco, Conejo, Crique SarcoElevation, 15 m
Toledo148.392.1West access road – Punta GordaElevation, 24 m
Toledo156.297.1West access roadTerminus of highway; elevation, 7 metres