Guam Highway 4

Guam Highway 4A
Location	Talofofo, Guam

Guam Highway 4
Route information
	Maintained by Guam Department of Public Works
Major junctions
West end	GH-2 in Umatac
	GH-4A in Talofofo ; GH-17 in Yona ; GH-10 in Chalan Pago-Ordot ; Contents Route description ; Major intersections ; Suffixed route ; References ; GH-15 in Chalan Pago-Ordot
East end	GH-1 in Hagåtña
Highway system

Last updated April 05, 2019

Guam Highway 4 (GH-4) is one of the primary automobile highways in the United States territory of Guam.

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Route description

GH-4 is the major highway along the southeastern coast of Guam, comprising the majority of a loop around the southern half of the island (the rest is taken up by GH-1, GH-2A, and GH-2). The highway begins at the south end of GH-2 at the Magellan Monument in Umatac (the road officially changes designations at the crossing of the Umatac River). The road then begins its counterclockwise journey around the southern half of the island, first going south to the southernmost tip of the island at Merizo and then proceeding along the coast, first eastward to Inarajan and then north to Talofofo and Yona, where it meets GH-17 (Cross Island Road). From there, it turns northwest as it passes through Chalan Pago-Ordot (junctioning with GH-10 and GH-15 to points east) and Sinajana before finally reaching its eastern terminus in Hagåtña, junctioning with GH-1 (Marine Corps Drive) at Chief Quipuha Park.^[1]

Guam Highway 1 (GH-1), also known as Marine Corps Drive, is one of the primary automobile routes in the United States territory of Guam. It runs in a southwest-to-northeast direction, from the main gate of Naval Base Guam in the western community of Santa Rita in a general northeasterly direction to the main gate of Andersen Air Force Base in the community of Yigo. It passes through Guam's capital, Hagåtña, as well as intersecting various other territorial highways. Along its route, the highway runs through tropical forest areas, urbanized commercial areas, and residential neighborhoods. The US Military built the road starting in 1941. Construction ceased with the Japanese invasion in December 1941 and resumed in 1944. The highway was formally dedicated to the US Marines by the territorial governor in 2004.

Guam Highway 2 is one of the primary automobile routes in the United States territory of Guam.

Umatac, formerly called Umata, is a village on the southwestern coast of the United States territory of Guam. The month of March in the Chamorro language is "Umatalaf," or "to catch guatafi," which is believed to be the root word of Umatac. The village's population has decreased since the island's 2000 census.

Major intersections

Location	Destinations	Notes
Umatac	GH-2	Western terminus
Talofofo	GH-4A
Yona	GH-17
Chalan Pago-Ordot	GH-10
Chalan Pago-Ordot	GH-15
Hagåtña	GH-1	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Suffixed route

Guam Highway 4A (GH-4A) connects GH-4 to GH-17 in Talofofo.

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References

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