Puerto Rico Highway 14
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| Ruta 14 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW | ||||
| Length | 73.1 km[1] (45.4 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1886 (as the old Carretera Central)–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   PR-123 / in Primero–Cuarto | |||
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| East end |  PR-1 in Cayey barrio-pueblo–Monte Llano | |||
| Location | ||||
| Municipalities | Ponce, Juana Díaz, Coamo, Aibonito, Cayey | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Puerto Rico Highway 14 (PR-14) is a main highway connecting Cayey, Puerto Rico to Ponce, Puerto Rico.[2] The road runs the same course as the historic Carretera Central. The Coamo-to-Ponce section of PR-14 was built under the direction of Spanish engineer Raimundo Camprubí Escudero (b. Pamplona 15 March 1846 - d. Madrid 1924).[3]
Route description[]
Detailed map of PR-14 in the Municipality of Ponce
PR-14, PR-10, and PR-1 signs in downtown Ponce (at Calle Villa and C. Concordia, near PR-14, km 0.2)
PR-14 eastbound (Ave. Tito Castro) intersection with Ave. Fagot, Ponce (PR-14, km 3.0)
A former Casilla de Caminero on PR-14 (now Ave. Tito Castro) in Ponce (PR-14, near km 3.1)
Except in the city of Ponce where (with the exception of the Ponce Historic Zone) the road is a 4-lane road known as Avenida Tito Castro, 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.[4] PR-14 is one of the roads that lead into the Ponce Historic Zone.[5]
Ave. Tito Castro (PR-14), Bo. Machuelo Abajo, Ponce, looking west (PR-14, near km 4.4)
PR-14 Westbound at bridge over Río Bucaná on Avenida Tito Castro in Ponce approaching PR-10 (PR-14, near km 5.2)
Puente de las Calabazas in Coamo (PR-14, near km 38.8)
Major intersections[]
| Municipality | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Ponce | Primero–Cuarto line | 0.0 | 0.0 | PR-123 / south (Calle Ferrocarril) – Ponce | Western terminus of PR-14; the Carretera Central continues toward Playa; PR-123P southbound access via Calle Aurora |
| Cuarto–Tercero line | 0.5– 0.6 | 0.31– 0.37 |  PR-133 east (Calle Comercio) – Ponce | One-way street | |
| Tercero | 0.7 | 0.43 |  east (Calle Willie Vicéns Tous) – Ponce | One-way street | |
| Tercero–Quinto line | 0.8 | 0.50 | PR-1 west (Calle Reina Isabel) – Ponce | One-way street | |
| Quinto–Sexto line | 1.2 | 0.75 |   east (Avenida Ramón Emeterio Betances) / PR-14R (Calle Guadalupe) – Ponce | One-way streets; PR-14P eastbound access via Calle Romaguera | |
| Machuelo Abajo | 2.2 | 1.4 | west (Avenida Tito Castro) – Ponce | ||
| 2.6 | 1.6 |  PR-12 south (Avenida Santiago de los Caballeros) – Ponce | Seagull intersection; Playa | ||
| Machuelo Abajo–Machuelo Arriba line | 4.6– 4.8 | 2.9– 3.0 |     PR-10 (Carretera Salvador "Chiry" Vassallo Ruiz) to PR-52 (Autopista Luis A. Ferré) – Ponce, Adjuntas, San Juan, Mayagüez   PR-139 north to PR-505 north (Carretera La Guardarraya) – Jayuya | Mercedita Airport, San Patricio; diamond interchange | |
| Cerrillos | 5.9 | 3.7 |  PR-5139 – Ponce | ||
| Coto Laurel | 8.8 | 5.5 |  PR-506 (Carretera Doctor Humberto Zayas Chardón) – Ponce | ||
| Coto Laurel–Real line | 9.9 | 6.2 |  PR-511 – Jayuya | ||
| Juana Díaz | Callabo | 10.9 | 6.8 |  – Collores | |
| Jacaguas | 11.5 | 7.1 |   / – Jacaguas | ||
| 11.8 | 7.3 |  – Jacaguas | |||
| Juana Díaz barrio-pueblo– line | 13.7 | 8.5 |  PR-149 – Juana Díaz, Villalba | ||
| Juana Díaz barrio-pueblo | 14.0 | 8.7 |  (Calle Carrión Maduro) – Juana Díaz | One-way street | |
| 14.1 | 8.8 |  (Calle Luis Muñoz Rivera) – Juana Díaz | One-way street; Amuelas | ||
| Tijeras | 15.6 | 9.7 |  PR-510 – Amuelas | ||
| 16.6 | 10.3 |  – Guayabal | |||
| – line | 18.5 | 11.5 |  – Río Cañas Abajo | ||
| 19.5 | 12.1 |  – Río Cañas Arriba | |||
| 22.7 | 14.1 |  – Santa Isabel | Descalabrado | ||
| 23.7 | 14.7 |  – Río Cañas Arriba | |||
| Río Descalabrado | 23.8– 23.9 | 14.8– 14.9 | Puente Obispo Zengotita[6] | ||
| Coamo | Los Llanos | 26.2 | 16.3 |  – Los Llanos | |
| San Ildefonso | 29.7– 29.8 | 18.5– 18.5 |  – Santa Catalina | ||
| 29.9 | 18.6 | Puente General Méndez Vigo over the Río de la Mina[6] | |||
| 30.8– 30.9 | 19.1– 19.2 |   PR-138 north (Avenida Luis Muñoz Marín) / PR-153 south – Coamo, Santa Isabel | Roundabout | ||
| Coamo barrio-pueblo | 32.8 | 20.4 |  PR-150 west (Calle Ramón Power) – Villalba | ||
| 33.1 | 20.6 |  PR-155 (Calle Bobby Capó) – Orocovis | One-way street; northbound access via Calle Carrión Maduro or Calle Mario Brashi | ||
| 33.7 | 20.9 | Puente Padre Íñigo over the Río Coamo[6] | |||
| –Coamo barrio-pueblo line | 33.8– 33.9 | 21.0– 21.1 |  – Palmarejo | ||
| Coamo barrio-pueblo | 34.2 | 21.3 |  – Pasto | ||
| Palmarejo | 35.7 | 22.2 |  PR-238 west (Desvío Sur de Coamo) – Santa Isabel | ||
| Río Cuyón | 38.8 | 24.1 | Puente de las Calabazas[6] | ||
| Aibonito | – line | 45.9 | 28.5 |  PR-723 (Ruta Panorámica) – Pulguillas | Western terminus of the Ruta Panorámica concurrency; the Ruta Panorámica continues toward Barranquitas |
| 46.8 | 29.1 |  PR-7718 east (Paseo Don Julio Francisco "Paco" Santos Vázquez) – Aibonito | Eastern terminus of the Ruta Panorámica concurrency; the Ruta Panorámica continues toward Cayey | ||
| –– tripoint | 47.3 | 29.4 |  PR-162 north – Barranquitas | Western terminus of PR-162 concurrency | |
| Aibonito barrio-pueblo | 49.7– 49.8 | 30.9– 30.9 |  – San Luis | Llanos | |
| 49.8– 49.9 | 30.9– 31.0 |  (Avenida Félix Ríos) – Pasto | |||
| 50.2 | 31.2 |  (Calle Román Baldorioty de Castro) – Llanos | One-way street | ||
| 50.3 | 31.3 |  PR-162 (Calle Federico Degetau) – Cuyón | Eastern terminus of PR-162 concurrency; one-way street | ||
| 50.5 | 31.4 |   (Calle José C. Vázquez) – Caonillas | |||
| 50.9 | 31.6 |  – Aibonito | |||
| 51.0 | 31.7 |  PR-722 south – Robles | |||
| – line | 54.9 | 34.1 |  – Plata | ||
| – line | 56.8– 56.9 | 35.3– 35.4 | Puente de Quebrada Honda over the Quebrada Honda[6] | ||
| 57.2 | 35.5 |  PR-173 north – Cidra, Plata | |||
| Río Matón | 62.9– 63.0 | 39.1– 39.1 | Puente del Río Matón[6] | ||
| Cayey | Matón Abajo | 63.0 | 39.1 |   / – Matón Abajo, Honduras | |
| – line | 68.3 | 42.4 | – Cayey | ||
| Cayey barrio-pueblo | 68.7– 68.8 | 42.7– 42.8 |  PR-206 south – Cayey | ||
| 69.8 | 43.4 |   PR-170 (Calle Luis Muñoz Rivera) / – Cayey | PR-170 access via Calle José Celso Barbosa | ||
| 70.1 | 43.6 | Puente Santo Domingo over the Quebrada Santo Domingo[6] | |||
| 70.1 | 43.6 |  PR-15 south (Avenida Luis Muñoz Marín) – Guayama | |||
| 71.2 | 44.2 |  PR-171 – Cidra | |||
| 71.7 | 44.6 | – Cayey | Unsigned | ||
| Cayey barrio-pueblo– line | 73.1 | 45.4 | PR-1 (Avenida Jesús T. Piñero) – Caguas, Aibonito | Eastern terminus of PR-14; the Carretera Central continues toward Cidra | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also[]
- List of highways in Ponce, Puerto Rico
- List of highways numbered 14
- List of streets in Ponce, Puerto Rico
References[]
- ^ a b Google (28 February 2020). "PR-14" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works. "Datos de Transito 2000-2009" (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ Ingenieros de Caminos en Puerto Rico: 1866-1898. Fernando Sáenz Ridruejo. "Anuario de Estudios Atlanticos." ISSN 0570-4065. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (2009). No 55. p.334.
- ^ Sur, Redaccion Voces del (26 September 2019). "Ordenan cierre de la carretera PR-14 de Aibonito a Coamo" (in Spanish).
- ^ "Ponce. Let's Go". Archived from the original on 4 December 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g Luis F. Pumarada O’Neill (1991). "Los Puentes Históricos de Puerto Rico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 March 2020.
External links[]
Media related to Puerto Rico Highway 14 at Wikimedia Commons- Carretera Militar/Military Road Porto Rico. Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine. Page 321. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
Categories:
- Highways in Puerto Rico