Guam Highway 16

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Guam route marker 16.svg

Guam Highway 16
Army Drive
Route information
Maintained by Guam Department of Public Works
Major junctions
South endGuam route marker 8.svg GH-8 in Barrigada
 

Guam route marker 10A.svg GH-10A / GH-25 in BarrigadaDededo
Guam route marker 27.svg GH-27 in Dededo

Contents

Guam route marker 27A.svg GH-27A in Dededo
North endGuam route marker 1.svg GH-1 in Tamuning/Dededo
Highway system

Guam Highways

Guam route marker 15.svg GH-15 GH-17 Guam route marker 17.svg

Guam Highway 16 (GH-16), also named Army Drive, is one of the primary automobile highways in the United States territory of Guam .

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Guam Island territory of the United States of America

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Route description

GH-16 serves as one of the chief routes of the island's central plateau, splitting off from GH-8 in Barrigada and turning northeast, skirting around the eastern reaches of Tiyan (formerly Naval Air Station Guam) and the neighboring Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, eventually reaching an interchange. This single-point urban interchange is with two routes: GH-10A (which heads west back towards the airport's terminals) and GH-25, which heads east towards Dededo. From the interchange, GH-16 hugs the edge of the plateau, overlooking the Harmon Industrial Park, before turning north-northeast, descending, and forming the border between the communities of Tamuning (on the west) and Dededo (on the east). GH-16 intersects GH-27 and GH-27A before reaching Micronesia Mall and ending at a T-intersection with GH-1, alongside the mall and still on the Tamuning/Dededo border. [1]

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Guam Highway 8 (GH-8) is one of the primary automobile highways in the United States territory of Guam.

Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport airport

Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, also known as Guam International Airport, is an airport located in Tamuning and Barrigada, three miles east of the capital city of Hagåtña in the United States territory of Guam. The airport is a hub for Asia Pacific Airlines and is also the home of the former Naval Air Station Agana. The airport is the only international airport in the territory. It is named after Antonio Borja Won Pat, the first delegate from Guam to the United States House of Representatives, and is operated by the A.B. Won Pat International Airport Authority, Guam, an agency of the Government of Guam.

Major intersections

LocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Barrigada Guam route marker 8.svg GH-8 Southern terminus
Guam route marker 10A.svg GH-10A
GH-25
Guam's sole interchange
Dededo Guam route marker 27.svg GH-27
Guam route marker 27A.svg GH-27A
TamuningDededo village lineGuam route marker 1.svg GH-1 Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. Map of Guam U.S.A. (Map). Franko's Maps, Ltd., Guam Visitors Bureau. 2007.

Route map: Google

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