Transport

Roads

The North Coast Highway runs through the city of Montego Bay, with 2 lanes in each direction within the city, terminating at the Queen's Drive and resuming at the intersection of the Alice Eldemire Drive and Barnett Street.^[5] The North Coast Highway connects Montego Bay with the North-South section of Highway 2000 (called T3), which begins at Mammee Bay in Ocho Rios, St. Ann and terminates at an interchange which leads onto the Mandela Highway in St. Catherine and into the nation's capital, Kingston.^[6]
Another major road within the city is the B15 (Montego Bay to Falmouth) road.^[7] The city is also well served by buses, mini-busess and taxis, which operate from the Montego Bay Transport Centre.^[8]
The Government of Jamaica announced that a tolled bypass to the city has been planned to be built in order to reduce traffic congestion and travel times. The bypass is to begin at Westgate and end at Ironshore. The bypass will cost around USD $200 Million.^[9]

Rail

The now disused Montego Bay railway station served the Kingston to Montego Bay main line. The railway station opened c. 1894^[10] and closed in October 1992 when all passenger traffic on Jamaica's railways abruptly ceased.^[11]

Air

Montego Bay is served by Jamaica's largest airport, the Sir Donald Sangster International Airport. The airport has the distinction of being the busiest airport in the English-speaking Caribbean, serving 3.8 million passengers in 2015.^[12]
The airport was the hub of Jamaica's former national airline, Air Jamaica.^[13] The airline also had its Reservations department as well as a Sales & Ticketing office in the city until its purchase by Caribbean Airlines in 2011, when they moved their offices to Kingston.
The airport is served by several North American and European airlines, connecting the island with the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and South America. The southern U.S. city of Miami can be reached within 70 minutes. The southern U.S. cities of Charlotte, Houston, Atlanta and Tampa can be reached by non-stop flights in less than three hours. Other locations like Philadelphia, New York City, Toronto, Washington D.C. and Montreal can be reached in under four hours. The airport is also 1 of 2 airports in the Caribbean (other being Havana), that has a non-stop flight to Los Angeles, allowing passengers the ability to connect to flights to Asia, Australia and Oceania. The airport has undergone major expansion since 2003, and has won awards including the coveted World Travel Award for being the Caribbean's Leading Airport, beating airports like Punta Cana International Airport and Grantley Adams International Airport.^[14]

Port

There is a free port and cruise line terminal on a man-made peninsula jutting into the bay.