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14-619: It is named after Tubal Uriah Butler . It runs from Champs Fleurs to Chaguanas where it meets the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway . It crosses the Churchill–Roosevelt Highway at Valsayn . The highway was originally named the Princess Margaret Highway and was constructed in 1958. It was extended and renamed for labour leader Tubal Uriah Butler in 1988. The Uriah Butler Highway is generally considered

28-469: A police officer was killed. The Labour riots of 1937 resulted in turmoil throughout the oilfields. When strikes spread to the sugar factories, the Colonial government responded by issuing an arrest warrant for Butler. Butler went into hiding and the colonial authorities were unable to locate him. He stayed in contact with the authorities through Adrian Cola Rienzi and although he was promised safe passage by

42-507: Is named after the town of Faizabad in India . Colloquially it is known as "Fyzo" by many people. Fyzabad was founded by Rev. Kenneth J. Grant , a Presbyterian missionary in Trinidad in 1871. The purpose of the settlement was to separate Christian Indians from the unconverted Hindu and Muslim populations. The town later grew with the discovery of oil in the area in 1917, and attracted

56-704: The People's National Movement . Butler is looked upon as the founding father of the Oilfields Workers' Trade Union (OWTU) and the labour movement and is honoured with a statue in Fyzabad. He was awarded the Trinity Cross , the nation's highest honour, in 1970. The Uriah Butler Highway is named in his honour. Fyzabad Fyzabad is a town in southwestern Trinidad , 13 km (8.1 mi) south of San Fernando , west of Siparia and northeast of Point Fortin . It

70-567: The Butler Party. The Butler Party captured the largest block of seats in the Legislative Council , but the Governor chose to exclude Butler and instead Albert Gomes became the first chief minister . In the 1956 General Elections the Butler Party only won two seats. Butler, the fiery radical, was deemed too unstable and threatening to the nation's economic well-being by Eric Williams and

84-620: The Grenada Representative Government Movement, and the Grenada Union of Returned Soldiers. In 1921, aged 24, he went to south Trinidad and was employed at the Roodal Oilfields as a pipe-fitter. He became influenced by the philosophy of Marcus Garvey , according to Garvey's son Dr Julius Garvey. Butler first came to prominence in 1935 when he led a "hunger march" from the oilfields to Port of Spain . In 1936 he

98-537: The colonial authorities to testify at a commission of enquiry into the events of June 1937, he was arrested by the colonial government when he emerged to do so. Butler was imprisoned from 9 September 1937 to May 1939. With the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, he was re-arrested and detained for the duration of the war. After release from prison he formed the Butler Home Rule Party , which later became

112-530: The expressway is mostly a 6 lane dual carriageway, excluding a brief section of the southbound lane at Grand Bazaar having 4 lanes. The entire highway is grade separated from Grand Bazaar to Chaguanas. North of Grand Bazaar, one roundabout provides access to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, while the northern terminus is signalized. There are six pedestrian overpasses scattered from Guayamare to Endeavour. The following table lists

126-474: The highway crosses the east-west Churchill Roosevelt Highway, connected via a modern interchange with high speed ramps. It then continues past Bamboo Village, Caroni, Cunupia and Chaguanas, where it joins the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway which runs south to Debe. From Champs Fleurs to Grand Bazaar, the expressway has 2 lanes in either direction. From Grand Bazaar to the southern terminus at Chaguanas,

140-466: The major junctions along the Uriah Butler Highway. The entire route is located in Trinidad. 10°34′57″N 61°25′09″W  /  10.5826°N 61.4192°W  / 10.5826; -61.4192 This Trinidad and Tobago road article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tubal Uriah Butler Tubal Uriah "Buzz" Butler (21 January 1897 – 20 February 1977),

154-629: The more important of the two north-south highways on Trinidad, as it carries both traffic from the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway and traffic from areas north of Chaguanas. Because of this, it suffers from congestion on most weekdays. The highway begins at Champs Fleurs, crossing the Priority Bus Route and Eastern Main Road successively. Further south and just before the Valsayn interchange, a roundabout provides access to Mount Hope. At Grand Bazaar, west of Valsayn,

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168-794: The working class. Butler was born in St. George's, Grenada , where he attended the Anglican School . Unable to find work after completing his primary school education, at 17 he became a volunteer in the British West Indies Regiment in World War I , serving in the British Army from 1914 to 1918, stationed in Egypt . Returning from military service at the end of the war in 1918, he became active in political pressure groups and workers unions, establishing

182-642: Was a Grenadian -born Spiritual Baptist preacher and labour leader in Trinidad and Tobago . He is best known for leading a series of labour riots between 19 June and 6 July 1937 and for forming a series of personalist political parties (the British Empire Citizens' and Workers' Home Rule Party, the Butler Home Rule Party, and finally the Butler Party ) that focused its platform on the improvement of

196-611: Was expelled from the Trinidad Labour Party for his "extremist tendencies". He then formed the British Empire Citizens' and Workers' Home Rule Party . On 19 June 1937 a strike in protest of working conditions, wages, racism and exploitation began in the oilfields in the southern Trinidad. Police attempted to arrest Butler as he addressed a meeting in Fyzabad . His supporters prevented the police from doing so and Charlie King,

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