Guam Highway 10
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Guam Highway 10 is one of the primary automobile highways in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 territory of Guam
Guam
Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...

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Route description

GH-10 begins at a junction off GH-4
Guam Highway 4
Guam Highway 4 is one of the primary automobile highways in the United States territory of Guam.-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...

 a little in from Pago Bay. It trends eastward into the coastal village of Mangilao
Mangilao, Guam
Mangilao is a village on the eastern shore of the United States territory of Guam. The village's population has increased slightly following the island's 2000 census....

. GH-32 then spurs off the route towards the University of Guam
University of Guam
University of Guam is a four-year land-grant institution, located in the village of Mangilao on the island of Guam in the Western Pacific Ocean...

. GH-10 then turns generally northward and intersects GH-15
Guam Highway 15
Guam Highway 15 is one of the primary automobile highways in the United States territory of Guam.-Route description:GH-15's route covers mainly the northeast coast of Guam. Beginning off of GH-4 in Chalan Pago-Ordot, GH-15 proceeds eastward into Mangilao, where it intersects GH-10. GH-15 continues...

 before crossing into Barrigada
Barrigada, Guam
Barrigada is a village in central Guam. A largely residential municipality, its main village is located south of the Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport near the intersections of Routes 8, 10, and 16...

 and ending at a junction with GH-8
Guam Highway 8
Guam Highway 8 is one of the primary automobile highways in the United States territory of Guam.-Route description:The route is one of the more important highways in the island and is designated the Purple Heart Highway...

. The road itself continues beyond the intersection into the Tiyan area--formerly Naval Air Station Guam.

Note: Although there exists a suffixed GH-10A
Guam Highway 10A
Guam Highway 10A is one of the primary automobile highways in the United States territory of Guam.-Route description:GH-10A is one of a number of orphaned suffixed routes on Guam; it bears no physical connection to its supposed parent, GH-10: located elsewhere in Barrigada...

, it is not in any way connected to GH-10: being located on the other side of Tiyan and primarily serving Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport
Antonio B. Won Pat International 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 U.S. territory of Guam. It is named for Antonio Borja Won Pat, the first delegate from Guam to the United...

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Major intersections

Location MIle Destination Notes
Chalan Pago-Ordot
Chalan Pago-Ordot, Guam
Chalan Pago-Ordot is a municipality in the United States territory of Guam, containing the villages of Chalan-Pago and Ordot. It is located in the eastern-central part of the island and is part of the Kattan District. The village's population has increased slightly following the island's 2000...

Western terminus
Mangilao
Mangilao, Guam
Mangilao is a village on the eastern shore of the United States territory of Guam. The village's population has increased slightly following the island's 2000 census....

Barrigada
Barrigada, Guam
Barrigada is a village in central Guam. A largely residential municipality, its main village is located south of the Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport near the intersections of Routes 8, 10, and 16...

Eastern terminus
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