Puerto Rico Highway 30
Encyclopedia
Puerto Rico Highway 30, or PR-30 (Expreso Cruz Ortiz Stella) is a main freeway in Puerto Rico
which connects the city of Caguas to the town of Humacao.
It is 30 kilometers long, and has several exits (metric units (km) used):
CAGUAS
Exits 0A and 0B: Caguas (PR-1) PR-30 begins from here. Coming from PR-52 from south, drivers can access PR-30 without having to go through PR-1, and people from PR-30 can directly access PR-52 north. People who want to take south have to first go through PR-1, and people from San Juan going to PR-30 have also to take PR-1.
Exit 3: Caguas Centro/Ave. Rafael Cordero: The first exit, which connect PR-30 to its parallel route PR-189.
This exits grants access to Plaza Centro, the second most important shopping center in Caguas.
GURABO
Exit 4: Caguas Este/Navarro (PR-189): Grants access to University of Turabo and West Gurabo.
Exit 5: San Lorenzo (PR-203): Access to San Lorenzo
, connects PR-30 with PR-183
Exit 7: Gurabo (PR-181): Access to the main downtown of Gurabo, south to Jaguar barrio in San Lorenzo and further north to Trujillo Alto
JUNCOS
Exit 12 (East only): Canóvanas (PR-185
): Access to north Juncos and Canóvanas, connects PR-30 with PR-66 and PR-3.
Exit 13: Juncos (PR-189, PR-9929 and PR-185 (West)): Access to downtown Juncos and Lirios barrio.
Exit 14: Juncos (PR-189) and Naguabo (PR-31)
LAS PIEDRAS
Exit 19: Exit to Valenciano area of Las Piedras. A small shopping center with a movie theatre, the largest in the southeast is there.
Exit 21: Las Piedras (PR-183) Access to downtown Las Piedras, and the Montones barrio.
Exit 22: Tejas (PR-921) Access to East Las Piedras and the Tejas barrio.
HUMACAO
Exit 25: Humacao Centro (PR-198), Anton Ruiz (PR-60): Access to Center Humacao and North Humacao.
Exit 26: Humacao Centro (PR-908): Access to the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao
and the Patagonia area.
Exit 28: Mariana (PR-909): Access to the Mariana barrio.
Exit 29 (East Only): Candelero, Miradero (PR-3): Access to Candelero and South Humacao. This exit can only be taken from PR-30 to PR-3, but not from PR-3 to PR-30. The exit serves as a pass-by route to Palmas del Mar without having to pay the toll found immediately entering PR-53 from PR-30 in the south direction.
Exits 30A and 30B: Fajardo, Yabucoa (PR-53): Final Terminus. To the south is Yabucoa and going north is Fajardo, 30 kilometers from Humacao.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
which connects the city of Caguas to the town of Humacao.
Exits
CAGUAS
Exits 0A and 0B: Caguas (PR-1) PR-30 begins from here. Coming from PR-52 from south, drivers can access PR-30 without having to go through PR-1, and people from PR-30 can directly access PR-52 north. People who want to take south have to first go through PR-1, and people from San Juan going to PR-30 have also to take PR-1.
Exit 3: Caguas Centro/Ave. Rafael Cordero: The first exit, which connect PR-30 to its parallel route PR-189.
This exits grants access to Plaza Centro, the second most important shopping center in Caguas.
GURABO
Exit 4: Caguas Este/Navarro (PR-189): Grants access to University of Turabo and West Gurabo.
Exit 5: San Lorenzo (PR-203): Access to San Lorenzo
San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico
San Lorenzo is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the eastern central region, north of Patillas and Yabucoa; south of Gurabo; east of Caguas and Cayey; and west of Juncos and Las Piedras. San Lorenzo is spread over ten wards and San Lorenzo Pueblo...
, connects PR-30 with PR-183
Exit 7: Gurabo (PR-181): Access to the main downtown of Gurabo, south to Jaguar barrio in San Lorenzo and further north to Trujillo Alto
JUNCOS
Exit 12 (East only): Canóvanas (PR-185
Puerto Rico Highway 185
Puerto Rico Highway 185 is a main highway that connects Canóvanas, Puerto Rico to Juncos, Puerto Rico and is about 25 kilometers long. It begins in downtown of Canóvanas, very close to Puerto Rico Highway 3 and ends in Puerto Rico Highway 952 and Puerto Rico Highway 30 in Juncos...
): Access to north Juncos and Canóvanas, connects PR-30 with PR-66 and PR-3.
Exit 13: Juncos (PR-189, PR-9929 and PR-185 (West)): Access to downtown Juncos and Lirios barrio.
Exit 14: Juncos (PR-189) and Naguabo (PR-31)
LAS PIEDRAS
Exit 19: Exit to Valenciano area of Las Piedras. A small shopping center with a movie theatre, the largest in the southeast is there.
Exit 21: Las Piedras (PR-183) Access to downtown Las Piedras, and the Montones barrio.
Exit 22: Tejas (PR-921) Access to East Las Piedras and the Tejas barrio.
HUMACAO
Exit 25: Humacao Centro (PR-198), Anton Ruiz (PR-60): Access to Center Humacao and North Humacao.
Exit 26: Humacao Centro (PR-908): Access to the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao
University of Puerto Rico at Humacao
The University of Puerto Rico at Humacao is a state university located in the municipality of Humacao, Puerto Rico...
and the Patagonia area.
Exit 28: Mariana (PR-909): Access to the Mariana barrio.
Exit 29 (East Only): Candelero, Miradero (PR-3): Access to Candelero and South Humacao. This exit can only be taken from PR-30 to PR-3, but not from PR-3 to PR-30. The exit serves as a pass-by route to Palmas del Mar without having to pay the toll found immediately entering PR-53 from PR-30 in the south direction.
Exits 30A and 30B: Fajardo, Yabucoa (PR-53): Final Terminus. To the south is Yabucoa and going north is Fajardo, 30 kilometers from Humacao.
Problems
This highway is considered highly dangerous due to the number of cars that transit it, part because many people in Humacao and nearby municipalities work in San Juan. There are also concerns of cracks and holes, most of them in the right lane in both directions. The highway is in frequent repairs, especially the Caguas-Gurabo segment. There are possibilities that this highway has not been properly repaired, intentionally, because drivers speed up to more than the specified speed limit (55 mph) and having the highway repaired would mean more fatal accidents as a good highway would invite people to drive faster. Nevertheless, the segment between Caguas and Gurabo has been repaired and repaved, and the segment in Las Piedras is being repaired and expanded near the exit to PR-183 mainly because of the large number of vehicles taking this exit and creating a congestion in the freeway. The segments in Juncos and Humacao are not repaired and have a significant number of cracks and holes. Another problem with PR-30 is that it turns very slippery when wet and cars still drive above speed limit (55 mph). Many people have died in the freeway and is considered one of the most dangerous in the island.Parallel routes
PR-198 and PR-189 parallel the freeway almost in its entire length, and they never get far from the freeway. PR-189 (Caguas-Juncos) has two junctions with PR-30- one in Gurabo near Caguas and the other in Juncos. PR-198 does the same in Juncos and Humacao. PR-183 also parallels the highway but it lies significantly south, and two connectors and one exit connect them- PR-203 from Gurabo to San Lorenzo, PR-204 in Las Piedras and the Exit 21 in the same town. PR-183 ends in Las Piedras.External links
- http://www.dtop.gov.pr/act/default.htm
- http://elname.com/2008/01/dtop-revela-que-las-condiciones-de-las.html
- http://www.miperiodico.org/noticiasread.asp?r=HBHIXYOAML