Puerto Rico Highway 116

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Puerto Rico Secondary Highway 116 marker
Highway 116
Ruta 116
Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez[1]
Route information
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length26.6 km[2] (16.5 mi)
Existed1953[3]–present
Major junctions
West end PR-101 in Lajas
Major intersections
East end PR-2 in Susúa Baja
Location
MunicipalitiesLajas, Guánica
Highway system
← PR-115→ PR-117


← PR-1111PR-1116→ PR-3101
← PR-3108PR-3116→ PR-3131
← PR-4111PR-4116→ PR-4119

Puerto Rico Highway 116 (PR-116) is a main highway in the southwest part of Puerto Rico, beginning in Guánica, Puerto Rico at Puerto Rico Highway 2 to Lajas, Puerto Rico[4] at Puerto Rico Highway 101.

Route description[]

It is the main route to Guánica and Lajas, and grants access to places such as the Dry Forest of Puerto Rico (Bosque Seco), common for its cacti and dry, desert-like climate, and also to beaches like Parguera in Lajas and Playa Santa in Guánica. It is divided, two lane-per-direction in the first 4 kilometers before turning one lane-per direction in the rest of its length. The width of its lanes allows for speed limits above the normal rural roads.[5]

  • A rural stretch of Highway 116 in Lajas

  • Eastern end of Highway 116 in Guanica where it meets Highway 2

Major intersections[]

MunicipalityLocationkm[2]miDestinationsNotes
LajasLajas0.00.0 PR-101 – Lajas, San GermánWestern terminus of PR-116
1.00.62 PR-122 north (Carretera Harry Luis Pérez Rivera) – San GermánSeagull intersection
–Sabana Yeguas line1.5–
1.6		0.93–
0.99
 to PR-117 – Lajas, Sabana Grande
Sabana Yeguas2.91.8  – Sabana Yeguas
Sabana Yeguas–Parguera line5.53.4 (Carretera Jorge Alberto "George" Ferrer Asencio) – Parguera
Parguera–Costa–
Sabana Yeguas tripoint		6.64.1  / (Carretera Jorge Alberto "George" Ferrer Asencio) – Parguera
Costa12.77.9  – Costa
GuánicaMontalva17.911.1 PR-3116 (Avenida Los Veteranos) – Montalva
Ensenada20.913.0 PR-3116 (Avenida Los Veteranos) – EnsenadaIncomplete trumpet interchange; no eastbound exit
21.213.2  – Ciénaga
Guánica barrio-pueblo21.613.4 PR-4116 – Guánica
Ciénaga22.1–
22.2		13.7–
13.8		  – Guánica
22.5–
22.6		14.0–
14.0		 (Carretera Janice Montalvo Loyola) – Caña Gorda
Ciénaga–Caño–
Carenero tripoint		23.014.3  – Carenero
Carenero24.115.0 (Carretera Agustín "Quino" López Oliveras) – Caño
Susúa Baja25.615.9 (Carretera Agustín "Quino" López Oliveras) – Caño
26.616.5 PR-2 (Expreso Roberto Sánchez Vilella) – Yauco, Ponce, MayagüezEastern terminus of PR-116; PR-2 exit 194; trumpet interchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Incomplete access

Related routes[]

Currently, PR-116 has three branches in its old segments in Guánica and Yauco. Originally they were identified as PR-116R.[5]

Puerto Rico Highway 1116[]

Highway 1116 marker

Highway 1116

LocationGuánica – Yauco
Length4.4 km[6] (2.7 mi)

Puerto Rico Highway 1116 (PR-1116) was the old section of PR-116 between Guánica and Yauco.[5] It extended from PR-116 between Caño and Carenero barrios to PR-121 in Susúa Baja.[7] In 2015, this highway was designated as Avenida Agustín "Quino" López Oliveras[8] and renumbered to .[9]

MunicipalityLocationkm[6]miDestinationsNotes
GuánicaCarenero0.00.0 PR-116 (Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez) – Guánica, LajasSouthern terminus of PR-1116
Susúa Baja1.60.99 PR-116 (Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez) – Yauco
2.31.4  – La Joya
2.9–
3.0		1.8–
1.9		  – Arena
YaucoSusúa Baja4.42.7 PR-121 – Yauco, Sabana GrandeNorthern terminus of PR-1116
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Puerto Rico Highway 3116[]

Highway 3116 marker

Highway 3116

LocationGuánica
Length3.4 km[10] (2.1 mi)

Puerto Rico Highway 3116 (PR-3116) is an old segment of PR-116 that provides access to Ensenada.[5] The entire route is located in Guánica. 

Locationkm[10]miDestinationsNotes
Montalva0.00.0 PR-116 (Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez) – LajasWestern terminus of PR-3116
Montalva– line1.10.68  – Montalva
Ensenada1.91.2  – Playa Santa
3.42.1 PR-116 (Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez) – YaucoEastern terminus of PR-3116; incomplete trumpet interchange; no exit ramp from PR-116 eastbound
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Incomplete access

Puerto Rico Highway 4116[]

Highway 4116 marker

Highway 4116

LocationGuánica
Length1.5 km[11] (0.93 mi)

Puerto Rico Highway 4116 (PR-4116) is the original route of PR-116 through downtown Guánica. This road can be seen as Puerto Rico 116 Business.[5] The entire route is located in Guánica. 

Locationkm[11]miDestinationsNotes
Guánica barrio-pueblo0.00.0 PR-116 (Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez) – LajasWestern terminus of PR-4116
Guánica barrio-pueblo–Carenero–
Ciénaga tripoint		1.0–
1.1		0.62–
0.68		  – Ciénaga
Carenero1.50.93
 (Carretera Janice Montalvo Loyola) to PR-116 (Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez) – Yauco, Caña Gorda		Eastern terminus of PR-4116; Guánica State Forest
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Para designar con el nombre de Avenida Manuel (Pito) Pagán Ramírez, a la Carretera PR – 116, que comprende desde Lajas hasta Guánica". LexJuris (Leyes y Jurisprudencia) de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 2010. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b Google (6 March 2020). "PR-116" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Guánica, Memoria Núm. 44" (PDF). Puerto Rico Planning Board (in Spanish). 1955. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT)". Transit Data (Datos de Transito) (in Spanish). DTOP PR. pp. 66–67.
  5. ^ a b c d e National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map (Book 3107). Evergreen, Colorado: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.
  6. ^ a b Google (1 March 2020). "PR-1116" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Carretera 326, Susúa Baja". Cartogiraffe. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Para denominar la carretera estatal PR-1116 de Yauco a Guánica, con el nombre de Agustín (Quino) López Oliveras". LexJuris (Leyes y Jurisprudencia) de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Abriendo puertas". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  10. ^ a b Google (1 March 2020). "PR-3116" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  11. ^ a b Google (1 March 2020). "PR-4116" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

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