Churchill–Roosevelt Highway
The Churchill–Roosevelt Highway, sometimes refers to as CRH, is the major east–west highway on Trinidad island in Trinidad and Tobago.
| Churchill–Roosevelt Highway | |
|---|---|
| Route information | |
| Length | 35 km (22 mi) |
| Existed | March 1942–present |
| Major junctions | |
| West end | Barataria, San Juan |
| Valsayn | |
| East end | Wallerfield |
| Location | |
| Country | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Major cities | Arima, Tunapuna, San Juan, Sangre Grande (soon) |
| Highway system | |
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It runs for 35 km (22 mi) from Barataria in the west (where it joins the Beetham Highway) to Wallerfield in the east (south of Arima) where it ends in the former US Army base on Fort Read. It crosses the north–south Uriah Butler Highway (UBH) at Valsayn. Constructed during World War II to connect the US Army base with Port of Spain, the highway was named for the two wartime leaders, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Construction began in December 1941 and was completed in March 1942. Originally reserved for the US armed forces, the road was turned over to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago on October 24, 1949.