Puerto Rico Highway 1
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Puerto Rico Highway 1 connects the city of Ponce
to San Juan
. Leaving Ponce, the road follows somewhat parallel along the southern coast of the island and, at Salinas
, it turns north to cut through the Cordillera Central in its approach to San Juan.
, Cayey, and Caguas. It becomes a divided road from Caguas to San Juan at a sector known as "La Muda".
One of the major roads with which PR-1 has no direct intersection is PR-10, which is accessible via an alternate route through Mercedita Airport in Ponce. Still, there is a sign to PR-10 so drivers do not get lost on the way to PR-10.
There is a short segment in Cayey where it is a divided highway. It is also a six-lane divided highway in its intersection with PR-578 in Sabanetas
, Ponce. PR-1 is roughly parallel to PR-52 throughout its entire length.
PR-1 is signed "PR-1 East" in the segment that travels from Ponce to Salinas, and then signed "PR-1 North" in the segment that travels from Salinas to San Juan. Likewise, the road is signed "PR-1 South" in the segment that travels from San Juan to Salinas and then signed "PR-1 West" in the segment that travels from Salinas to Ponce.
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce is both a city and a municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.The city of Ponce, the fourth most populated in Puerto Rico, and the most populated outside of the San Juan metropolitan area, is named for Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the...
to San Juan
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...
. Leaving Ponce, the road follows somewhat parallel along the southern coast of the island and, at Salinas
Salinas, Puerto Rico
Salinas is a small municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico located in the southern coast of the island, south of Aibonito and Cayey; southeast of Coamo, east of Santa Isabel; and west of Guayama...
, it turns north to cut through the Cordillera Central in its approach to San Juan.
Route description
PR-1 starts in Ponce and ends in San Juan. The route connects important cities such as SalinasSalinas, Puerto Rico
Salinas is a small municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico located in the southern coast of the island, south of Aibonito and Cayey; southeast of Coamo, east of Santa Isabel; and west of Guayama...
, Cayey, and Caguas. It becomes a divided road from Caguas to San Juan at a sector known as "La Muda".
One of the major roads with which PR-1 has no direct intersection is PR-10, which is accessible via an alternate route through Mercedita Airport in Ponce. Still, there is a sign to PR-10 so drivers do not get lost on the way to PR-10.
There is a short segment in Cayey where it is a divided highway. It is also a six-lane divided highway in its intersection with PR-578 in Sabanetas
Sabanetas
Sabanetas is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Magueyes, Tibes, Portugués, Monte Llano, Machuelo Arriba, Maragüez, and Cerrillos, Sabanetas is one of the municipality's eight rural interior barrios...
, Ponce. PR-1 is roughly parallel to PR-52 throughout its entire length.
Signing
Prior to PR-52's inauguration, PR-1 was the unsigned PRI-1 road; that designation has now gone to PR-52.PR-1 is signed "PR-1 East" in the segment that travels from Ponce to Salinas, and then signed "PR-1 North" in the segment that travels from Salinas to San Juan. Likewise, the road is signed "PR-1 South" in the segment that travels from San Juan to Salinas and then signed "PR-1 West" in the segment that travels from Salinas to Ponce.
Major intersections
- Puerto Rico Highway 2Puerto Rico Highway 2Puerto Rico Highway 2, the longest highway in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico at about 156 miles long, connects San Juan to Ponce....
- Puerto Rico Highway 3Puerto Rico Highway 3Puerto Rico Highway 3 ' at nearly 101 miles long, is the second longest highway on Puerto Rico . It connects the San Juan neighborhood of Rio Piedras to downtown Salinas indirectly around the eastern coast of the island...
- Puerto Rico Highway 14Puerto Rico Highway 14Puerto Rico Highway 14 is a main highway connecting Cayey, Puerto Rico to Ponce, Puerto Rico. The road uses the same path as the historic old Carretera Central.-Road description:...
- Puerto Rico Highway 15Puerto Rico Highway 15Puerto Rico Highway 15 is a main highway connecting Cayey, Puerto Rico and Guayama, Puerto Rico. It takes longer than going south to Salinas through PR-52 and taking PR-53 to Guayama, due to being a rural road....
- Puerto Rico Highway 17Puerto Rico Highway 17Puerto Rico Highway 17 is a main highway located in Carolina, San Juan and Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. It begins at PR-20 near its terminus with PR-2, and ends in the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Carolina. It is called the Jesus de Piñero Avenue. It intersects several important highways in...
- Puerto Rico Highway 18Puerto Rico Highway 18PR-18 is a freeway in Puerto Rico, which is also known as Expreso Las Américas. It runs from its north end in at its intersection with PR-22 in San Juan to its south end in Río Piedras where it intersects with PR-1. At this point PR-18 becomes PR-52, known as Autopista Luis A...
- Puerto Rico Highway 20Puerto Rico Highway 20Puerto Rico Highway 20 or PR-20 is a short freeway entirely located in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. It used to be divided highway with traffic signals, which even turned into a rural road near its south end, but due to the traffic congestion in parallel freeway PR-18, and also in PR-1 and PR-52, it had...
- Puerto Rico Highway 21Puerto Rico Highway 21Puerto Rico Highway 21 is the main highway that takes to the Medical Center and Veterans Hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It begins in PR-19 in Guaynabo to San Juan before ending in PR-1.-Puerto Rico Highway 6:...
- Puerto Rico Highway 22Puerto Rico Highway 22PR-22 is a 51-mile long toll road in the north coast of Puerto Rico that connects the cities of San Juan and Hatillo. The road is also known as the José de Diego Expressway , and is part of unsigned Interstate PR-2...
- Puerto Rico Highway 23Puerto Rico Highway 23Puerto Rico Highway 23 is a main highway in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It begins in PR-2 in Guaynabo near San Patricio and goes east to the business area Milla de Oro, passing through Plaza Las Américas.-Overview:...
- Puerto Rico Highway 25Puerto Rico Highway 25Puerto Rico Highway 25 is an urban route lying entirely in the Puerto Rican capital city of San Juan. PR-25 is co-extensive with Ponce de Leon Avenue....
- Puerto Rico Highway 26
- Puerto Rico Highway 30Puerto Rico Highway 30Puerto Rico Highway 30, or PR-30 is a main freeway in Puerto Rico which connects the city of Caguas to the town of Humacao.-Exits:It is 30 kilometers long, and has several exits :CAGUAS...
- Puerto Rico Highway 32
- Puerto Rico Highway 33
- Puerto Rico Highway 35Puerto Rico Highway 35Puerto Rico Highway 35, also known as Avenida Manuel Fernández Juncos, is an urban road in San Juan, Puerto Rico.Begin at Miramar, from the intersection of PR-1 and PR-26 to the PR-1 , near Hato Rey...
- Puerto Rico Highway 39Puerto Rico Highway 39Puerto Rico Highway 39, or PR-39, is an urban road in Santurce.This is a short road that connects from the PR-1 to PR-26 and is parallel to PR-2. This road intersects with PR-35 and PR-25...
- Puerto Rico Highway 52
- Puerto Rico Highway 149Puerto Rico Highway 149Puerto Rico Highway 149 is a secondary highway in Puerto Rico that connects the towns of Manatí in the north coast of Puerto Rico, from PR-22 to Juana Díaz in the south coast, ending at PR-1. It goes through Ciales, and is a divided highway and a wide rural highway between that municipality and...
- Puerto Rico Highway 153
- Puerto Rico Highway 156Puerto Rico Highway 156Puerto Rico Highway 156 is a long east–west highway which connects Caguas to Orocovis and is the main artery to Aguas Buenas since the highway from Puerto Rico Highway 52 to the main downtown has at least two lanes and a shoulder per direction...
- Puerto Rico Highway 162
- Puerto Rico Highway 172Puerto Rico Highway 172Puerto Rico Highway 172 is a main highway that connects Caguas, Puerto Rico at PR-1 to downtown Cidra, Puerto Rico and continues its way to its end at Puerto Rico Road 156 in Comerio, Puerto Rico...
- Puerto Rico Highway 177Puerto Rico Highway 177Puerto Rico Highway 177 is a main highway connecting the area of Cupey, San Juan, Puerto Rico to Bayamón, Puerto Rico. It passes through Guaynabo in the area known as Torrimar. It is divided in all of its length. In Bayamón, it ends in the intersection to Puerto Rico Highway 174 and Main Road,...
- Puerto Rico Highway 199Puerto Rico Highway 199Puerto Rico Highway 199 is a main highway, mostly divided, in San Juan, Puerto Rico and Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. It is one of the few highways in Puerto Rico with discontinuity, as there is also another Puerto Rico Highway 199 in Bayamón.-San Juan to Guaynabo:...
- Puerto Rico Highway 206Puerto Rico Highway 206Puerto Rico Highway 206 is a connector in Cayey, Puerto Rico that bypasses the downtown area of Cayey, making easier for drivers who do not want to access the congested area of the business center to directly go from Puerto Rico Highway 1 to Puerto Rico Highway 14 to Aibonito, Puerto Rico...