Puerto Rico Highway 159

Highway 159
Highway 159
Ruta 159
Route information
	Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length	20.6 km (12.8 mi)
Existed	1953–present
Major junctions
West end	PR-155 / in Morovis barrio-pueblo
	PR-137 in Monte Llano; in Monte Llano; PR-160 in Unibón; PR-647 / PR-5568 in Padilla–Cibuco; PR-568 in Cibuco–Padilla; PR-891 in Corozal barrio-pueblo–Pueblo; PR-818 in Pueblo; PR-821 in Corozal barrio-pueblo–Pueblo; PR-142 in Pueblo; PR-164 in Pueblo–Palmarejo;
East end	PR-165 in Quebrada Arenas–Quebrada Cruz
Location
Municipalities	Morovis, Corozal, Toa Alta
Highway system
	Roads in Puerto Rico; List;

Puerto Rico Highway 159 (PR-159) is the main road from Morovis to Toa Alta, passing through the municipality of Corozal, Puerto Rico.^[3]

Route description[]

This road begins in downtown Morovis, from PR-155 until the PR-165 in Toa Alta. It is about 21 km long.^[4] Among their intersections are the PR-137 (Expreso Ángel “Tony” Laureano), PR-160, PR-142 (Expreso de Corozal) and PR-164 (to Naranjito).

In Corozal, the road serves as the main access to some neighborhoods^[5] and in the downtown area the route was replaced by the PR-891, and PR-159 makes a bypass to evade the municipal center.

On this highway lies the Plaza Aquarium shopping center (in Toa Alta) and Mavilla Bridge, a centenary bridge which is located east of Corozal.

Puerto Rico Highway 159
Signs for PR-159 and PR-807 in Corozal barrio-pueblo
Mavilla Bridge in Corozal

Maintenance[]

The issue of who is responsible for the road maintenance in Morovis was argued in April 2019. Representative Guillermo Miranda Rivera accused the mayor of Morovis, Carmen Maldonado González, of not doing road maintenance on Morovis' roads, while she blamed the central government for the condition of state roads in Morovis.^[6]

Puerto Rico Highway 159 East in Morovis
Bridge with Puerto Rico Highway 159 over Unibón River

Major intersections[]

Municipality	Location	km^[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Morovis	Morovis barrio-pueblo	0.0	0.0	PR-155 (Avenida Buena Vista) / (Calle Principal) – Morovis, Orocovis	Western terminus of PR-159; PR-155 northbound access via PR-6617
	Monte Llano	0.2– 0.3	0.12– 0.19	to – Morovis	PR-159 westbound detour
		0.5	0.31	PR-137 (Expreso Ángel "Tony" Laureano Martínez) – Morovis, Vega Baja
		2.0	1.2	– Cuchillas
	Unibón	5.1– 5.2	3.2– 3.2	– Patrón
	Unibón	5.2– 5.3	3.2– 3.3	PR-160 – Vega Baja
Corozal	Padilla– line	7.5	4.7	PR-647 / PR-5568 – Vega Alta, Padilla
		8.8– 8.9	5.5– 5.5	– Cibuco	Unsigned
		9.9– 10.0	6.2– 6.2	PR-568 – Orocovis
	Corozal barrio-pueblo– line	13.4	8.3	PR-891 – Corozal	Western terminus of Desvío Urbano de Corozal
	Pueblo	13.6– 13.7	8.5– 8.5	PR-818 – Cibuco
	Corozal barrio-pueblo– line	14.6	9.1	PR-821 – Corozal, Abras
	Pueblo	15.1– 15.2	9.4– 9.4	PR-142 north (Carretera José Antonio "Sonny" Rodríguez Ortiz) – Dorado
	Pueblo	15.5– 15.6	9.6– 9.7	PR-891 – Corozal	Eastern terminus of Desvío Urbano de Corozal
	– line	16.0	9.9	PR-164 south – Naranjito
	–Abras line	17.9– 18.0	11.1– 11.2	Puente de Mavilla over the Río Mavilla^[7]
	–Abras line	19.0– 19.1	11.8– 11.9	– Quebrada Arenas
Toa Alta	–Quebrada Cruz line	20.6	12.8	PR-165 – Toa Alta, Naranjito	Eastern terminus of PR-159
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Incomplete access Route transition

References[]

^ ^a ^b Google (28 February 2020). "PR-159" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
^ "Morovis, Memoria Núm. 65" (PDF). Puerto Rico Planning Board (in Spanish). 1955. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
^ National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map (Book 3107). Evergreen, Colorado: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.
^ Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works. "Datos de Transito 2000-2009" (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 April 2019.
^ InterNewsService (26 April 2018). "DTOP iniciará trabajos en peligrosa carretera de Corozal". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 July 2019.
^ CyberNews (17 March 2019). "Como papa caliente responsabilidad de las carreteras en Morovis". NOTICEL.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Luis F. Pumarada O’Neill (1991). "Los Puentes Históricos de Puerto Rico" (PDF) (in Spanish). pp. 57–58. Retrieved 10 March 2020.

External links[]

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[google-1] Google (28 February 2020). "PR-159" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 28 February 2020.

[Memoria_Morovis-2] "Morovis, Memoria Núm. 65" (PDF). Puerto Rico Planning Board (in Spanish). 1955. Retrieved 22 February 2020.

[NGAdvMap-3] National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map (Book 3107). Evergreen, Colorado: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.

[DTOP-4] Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works. "Datos de Transito 2000-2009" (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 April 2019.

[InterNewsService_2018-5] InterNewsService (26 April 2018). "DTOP iniciará trabajos en peligrosa carretera de Corozal". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 July 2019.

[6] CyberNews (17 March 2019). "Como papa caliente responsabilidad de las carreteras en Morovis". NOTICEL.^{[permanent dead link]}

[Puentes-7] Luis F. Pumarada O’Neill (1991). "Los Puentes Históricos de Puerto Rico" (PDF) (in Spanish). pp. 57–58. Retrieved 10 March 2020.

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