page_title: Bridgetown
section_title: The city
hierarchical_section_title: Bridgetown / The city
caption_attribution_description: English: Panarama of downtown Bridgetown, Barbados
context_page_description: Bridgetown is the capital and largest city of Barbados. Formerly The Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael. Bridgetown is sometimes locally referred to as "The City", but the most common reference is simply "Town". As of 2014, its metropolitan population stands at roughly 110,000.
  The Bridgetown port, found along Carlisle Bay lies on the southwestern coast of the island. Parts of the Greater Bridgetown area, sit close to the borders of the neighbouring parishes Christ Church and St. James. The Grantley Adams International Airport for Barbados, is located 16 kilometres southeast of Bridgetown city centre, and has daily flights to major cities in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and the Caribbean. There is no longer a local municipal government, but it is a constituency of the national Parliament. During the short-lived 1950s-1960s Federation of the British West Indian Territories, Bridgetown was one of three capital cities within the region being considered to be the Federal capital of region.
context_section_description: In the centre lies the main street of Bridgetown which is Broad Street which runs directly through the centre of the city. Broad Street passes the Parliament Buildings and serves as the centre of city's shopping area.
  Another major traffic artery into the city is Bay Street (which turns into Highway 7) and leads toward the South Coast of Barbados and the Parish of Christ Church.  There are also other notable streets in Bridgetown, including:
  Swan Street – which is parallel to Broad Street, to the north.
  Roebuck Street – which leads towards Queens Park to the North, and East of Swan Street.
  -and-
  Tudor Street – which comes from the north, intersects Swan Street and runs perpendicular to Broad Street.
  The Spring Garden Highway, which lies to the west of the city, plays host to over 85,000 bystanders and participants in the annual Grand Kadooment Carnival Parade.
caption: Bridgetown, showing Chamberlain Bridge and Parliament Building
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