Thomas Vincent Ramos Highway

In Belize, the Thomas Vincent Ramos Highway takes up where the Hummingbird Highway ends and runs from Dangriga to Punta Gorda.^[1] It is entirely paved, with the completion of a 10-mile segment between Golden Stream and Big Falls circa 2008–09. The T.V. Ramos 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.^[2]

Thomas Vincent Ramos Highway
Southern Highway
Southern Highway just south of Deep River
Route information
Length	97.97 mi (157.67 km)
Major junctions
From	Dangriga
Major intersections	Dangriga Junction, Placencia Roundabout, Independence Junction, The Dump
To	Punta Gorda
Location
Country	Belize
Districts	Stann Creek, Toledo
Highway system
Roads in 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.^[3]

On September 30, 2020 the Southern Highway was renamed to Thomas Vincent Ramos Highway. It was named after Thomas Vincent Ramos, the creator of Garifuna Settlement Day.^[4]

Junction list

Location	Mile	km	Destination	Notes
Stann Creek	0.0	0.0	Hummingbird Highway	Elevation, 21 m
	10.0	16.1	Road into Commerce Bight	Elevation, 23 m
	12.3	19.8	Road into Hopkins	Elevation, 19 m
	19.3	31.1	Placencia Road –Placencia, Riversdale, Seine Bight	Elevation, 30 metres
	43.8	70.5	Turnoff to Monkey River Town	Elevation, 20 m
Toledo	77.4	124.6	Turnoff to Silver Creek, San Miguel, San Pedro Columbia	Elevation, 29 m
	83.1	133.7	Junction: road southeast to Toledo District – Punta Gorda; northwest along Jalacte road to Jimmy Cut, Pueblo Viejo, Blue Creek, Aguacate, Otoxha and Dolores	Elevation, 24 metres
	86.1	138.6	Machaca Forest Station	Elevation, 34 m
	88.9	143.0	Road to Piebra, Barranco, Conejo, Crique Sarco	Elevation, 15 m
	92.1	148.3	West access road – Punta Gorda	Elevation, 24 m
	97.1	156.2	West access road	Terminus of highway; elevation, 7 metres