Puerto Rico Highway 14
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Puerto 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
.
, the road is a 4-lane road, the rest of PR-14 is a two-lane country road as it makes its way through the four towns it runs through, Juana Diaz, Coamo, Aibonito and Cayey. PR-14 is one of the roads that lead into the historic Ponce city center.
Cayey, Puerto Rico
Cayey is a mountain town in central Puerto Rico located on the Central Mountain range, north of Salinas and Guayama; south of Cidra and Caguas; east of Aibonito and Salinas; and west of San Lorenzo Cayey is spread over 21 wards and Cayey Pueblo...
to Ponce, Puerto Rico
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...
. The road uses the same path as the historic old Carretera Central
Carretera Central (Puerto Rico)
-Route description:The highway runs from San Juan, the largest city in Puerto Rico, located on the north coast to Ponce, the second largest, on the south coast, via Caguas, Cayey, Aibonito, Coamo, and Juana Diaz...
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Road description
Except in the city of Ponce where, with the exception of the Ponce Historic ZonePonce Historic Zone
The Ponce Historic Zone is a historic district in downtown Ponce, Puerto Rico with construction that dates to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The zone was originally designated in 1962, and then it only included the center core of the city, but it has since been expanded to...
, the road is a 4-lane road, the rest of PR-14 is a two-lane country road as it makes its way through the four towns it runs through, Juana Diaz, Coamo, Aibonito and Cayey. PR-14 is one of the roads that lead into the historic Ponce city center.
Major intersections
- Puerto Rico Highway 1Puerto Rico Highway 1Puerto 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....
- 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...
- Puerto Rico Highway 721
- Puerto Rico Highway 138
- 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 506
- Puerto Rico Highway 10Puerto Rico Highway 10Puerto Rico Highway 10 is a major highway in Puerto Rico. It connects the cities of Ponce in the south and Arecibo to the north; it is also the shortest route between the two cities....
- Puerto Rico Highway 139Puerto Rico Highway 139Puerto Rico Highway 139 is secondary highway in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The road runs north to south, and mostly alongside Rio Cerrillos in barrio Maraguez, borders the edge of Lake Cerrillos, and then runs through barrio Cerrillos and from there into the city of Ponce....
- Puerto Rico Highway 505Puerto Rico Highway 505Puerto Rico Highway 505 is a tertiary highway in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The road runs north to south, and mostly alongside Río Bayagán in barrio Machuelo Arriba. Its southern terminus is at its intersection with PR-14, near PR-10 and PR-139. The road connects the municipalities of Ponce and Jayuya,...
- Puerto Rico Highway 12Puerto Rico Highway 12Puerto Rico Highway 12, also called Malecon Avenue, and Santiago de los Caballeros Avenue, is a 5.28-kilometer, limited-access highway entirely located within the city limits of Ponce, Puerto Rico, and connecting Puerto Rico Highway 14 to the La Guancha area in Barrio Playa in Ponce. It is similar...
- Puerto Rico Highway 1Puerto Rico Highway 1Puerto 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....